Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 54 (P. Oxy. 54) is a letter concerning the repair of public buildings, 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
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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 Cairo ...
. The document was written between 27 March and 25 April of the year 201. It is housed in the
Haskell Oriental Institute (2060) in the
University of Chicago
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. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
[P. Oxy. 54]
at the Oxyrhynchus Online
The letter was addressed to two municipal officials of Oxyrhynchus. It was written by two builders, Diogenes and Lucius, who had undertaken to repair the baths of
Hadrian
Hadrian (; la, Caesar Trâiānus Hadriānus ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He was born in Italica (close to modern Santiponce in Spain), a Roman ''municipium'' founded by Italic settlers in Hispania B ...
, asking for a payment of three
talents of silver. The measurements of the fragment are 300 by 90 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 (, mo ...
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 53 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 53 (P. Oxy. 53) is a report on a persea tree, written in Greek language, Greek. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered by Bernard Grenfell, Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt, Hunt in 1897 ...
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 55
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 55 (P. Oxy. 55) is a request for payment for the construction of a street, 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 docu ...
References
External links
chr.wilck.34 = HGV P.Oxy. 1 54 = Trismegistos 20716 = P.Oxy. 1.54
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054
The Type 054 (NATO Codename Jiangkai I) is a class of People's Republic of China, Chinese multi-role frigate, frigates that were commissioned in the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in 2005. They superseded the Type 053H3 frigates. Only ...
3rd-century manuscripts