Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 73 (P. Oxy. 73), is a notice of a transfer of property (ἀπογραφή), like P. Oxy. 72. However in this case the property being transferred is a slave. The document is written in
Greek
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. The manuscript was written on
papyrus
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in the form of a sheet. It was discovered by
Grenfell and
Hunt in 1897 in
Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus (; grc-gre, Ὀξύρρυγχος, Oxýrrhynchos, sharp-nosed; ancient Egyptian ''Pr-Medjed''; cop, or , ''Pemdje''; ar, البهنسا, ''Al-Bahnasa'') is a city in Middle Egypt located about 160 km south-southwest of Cai ...
. The document was written between 25 July and 28 August 94. Currently it is housed in the
John Rylands University Library
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in
Manchester
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. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
[P. Oxy. 73]
at the Oxyrhynchus Online
The letter was addressed to an official. It mentions that it was drawn up "in the street," which probably means before a public
notary. This is a form used in contracts agreed to in the presence of the ''
agoranomus.'' It was written by Thamounion, daughter of Adrastus, with her husband Dionysius acting as ''
kurios
''Kyrios'' or ''kurios'' ( grc, κύριος, kū́rios) is a Greek word which is usually translated as "lord" or "master". It is used in the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew scriptures about 7000 times, in particular translating the name ...
'' (κύριος). The measurements of the fragment are 227 by 71 mm.
See also
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Oxyrhynchus Papyri
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a group of manuscripts discovered during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by papyrologists Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt (, moder ...
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 72 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 72 (P. Oxy. 72) is a notice of a transfer of property (ἀπογραφή), written in Greek. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The docum ...
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 74
References
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1st-century manuscripts
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