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Creator: Castresius, Marcus Longinus--1st cent. and Teteoris (of Oxyrhynchite nome)--1st cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Contract addressed to the archidicastes Pallas, concerning a loan of 38 drachmae to the woman Teteoris from Marcus Longinus Castresius. The document is crossed out in ink to indicate fulfillment of the contract. Dated CE 81. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 12, no. 1471; Cherry, p. 48. JPG file... -
Creator: Dioscorus (Son of Heracleides)--1st cent. and Demetrius (Son of Callias)--1st cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Two separate documents joined together, each being a legal notice to Tarutillius, superintendent of catoecic land, concerning a transfer of such land to the writers Dioscorus and Demetrius in the first and second documents respectively. Both mention the village of Sinaru in the Oxyrhynchite nome.... -
Creator: Heraclius--3rd cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Letter from Heraclius to his children Theon and Sarapias informing them of his arrival in Schedia. 3rd century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 14, no. 1768; Cherry, p. 100. JPG file (250 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Latter portion of a letter between an unknown author and recipient concerning arrangements for the delivery of grain and a jar of fish. 2nd century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 14, no. 1760; Cherry, p. 73. JPG file (359 KB) -
Creator: Apion (Inhabitant of Egypt)--2nd/3rd cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Note from Apion to an unknown recipient inviting him to dine "at the table of the Lord Sarapis", probably a reference to a cult meal. 2nd or 3rd century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 14, no. 1755; Cherry, p. 79. JPG file (187 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Beginning of an account of payments made to donkey-drivers transporting hay or flax from the villages of Pakerke, Plelo, and Syron to the river. Written on the recto of P. Oxy. 1669. 3rd century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 14, no. 1748; Cherry, p. 90. JPG file (367 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Fragment of an agreement of an unknown nature, between a princeps of the Roman prefect and several other persons from Oxyrhynchus and Eleutheropolis in Syria. Late 3rd or early 4th century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 14, no. 1722; Cherry, p. 127. JPG file (221 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Latter part of an accounting, probably that of an estate's expenditures for barley, sacks, workmen, etc. Late 3rd century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 14, no. 1733; Cherry, p. 122. JPG file (281 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Contract between 2 women, Platonis (alias Ophelia), and Heras, concerning an inheritance from Hermias, who was both the maternal grandfather of Heras and the adopted father of Theon, the late husband of Platonis. Dated CE 187. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 14, no. 1721; Cherry, p. 76. JPG fi... -
Creator: Diogenes (Son of Diogenes)--3rd cent., Herodiana, Aelia--3rd cent., and Philonicus (Son of Theon)--3rd cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: First part of a contract in which 3 arourae of land, located near the village of Senokomis, and owned by Aelia Herodiana and her sister, are leased to two men, Diogenes and Philonicus both of Oxyrhynchus. The land is to be used for growing flax. Dated CE 291. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 1... -
Creator: Apollonius (Son of Apollonius)--2nd/3rd cent. and Apollonius (Son of Hephaestion)--2nd/3rd cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Beginning of a bill of sale for a female ass sold by Apollonius to another person named Apollonius for 600 drachmae. Dated CE 204. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 14, no. 1707; Cherry, p. 86. JPG file (329 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Portion of a letter from an unknown writer to Ischyrion, giving the latter various instructions concerning agriculture. 3rd century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 14, no. 1675; Cherry, p. 97. JPG file (334 KB) -
Creator: Leonides, Aurelius (Scribe)--3rd cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: 2 copies of a contract dividing the property of the deceased Psenamounis between his two families by different wives. Dated CE 282. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 14, no. 1638; Cherry, p. 106. JPG file (438 KB) -
Creator: Horion (Inhabitant of Egypt)--3rd cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Business letter from Horion, probably a property owner, to an agent Serenus, chiding the latter for his failure to fulfil some of the writer's instructions. Written on the verso of P. Oxy. 1748. 3rd century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 14, no. 1669; Cherry, p. 94. JPG file (360 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Fragment of a letter by a woman to a person addressed as her "father", and containing phrases possibly alluding to the Psalms and New Testament. Late 3rd or early 4th century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 12, no. 1592; Cherry, p. 125. JPG file (274 KB) -
Creator: Diogenes--2nd. cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Letter from Diogenes to Dioscoras requesting several articles of clothing and a ladle. 2nd century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 12, no. 1583; Cherry, p. 71. JPG file (267 KB) -
Creator: Plution (Son of Plution)--b. ca. 155 Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Census return of the 48 year old Plution and his household, all inhabitants of Oxyrhynchus. Dated CE 202-3. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 12, no. 1548; Cherry, p. 81. JPG file (397 KB) -
Creator: Dionysius (Tax collector of Oxyrhynchus)--1st/2nd cent. and Harendotes (Son of Ptolemaius)--1st/2nd cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Receipt for the payment of an 8 drachmae poll tax and 1 drachma pig tax by Harendotes, son of Ptolemaius to the tax collectors of Oxyrhynchus. Dated CE 102. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 12, no. 1520; Cherry, p. 59. JPG file (212 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Conclusion of a tale concerning the god Zeus-Helios-Sarapis and a pilot named Syrion. Written on the recto of P. Oxy. 1445. 2nd century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 11, no. 1382; Cherry, p. 68. JPG file (279 KB) -
Creator: Ammonas, Flavius (Officialis of the Prefect of Egypt)--4th cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Formal order by Flavius Ammonas, an officialis on the staff of the prefect of Egypt, to Flavius Dorotheus, authorizing the arrest of a slave called Magnus who is accused of running away to Hermopolis with some of the writer's property. Mid to late 4th century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 1... -
Creator: Boethus (Son of Achillion)--4th cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Latter half of a personal letter of Boethus, son of Achillion with greetings to his siblings and the offer to purchase a jar of olives. Early 4th century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 12, no. 1494; Cherry, p. 129. JPG file (345 KB) -
Creator: Peter (Son of Maria)--5th cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: A misspelled and crudely written letter of Peter to his mother Maria, containing greetings to his brethren and requesting four articles of winter apparel and some rings. 5th century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 10, no. 1300; Cherry, p. 156. JPG file (380 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Account, probably made for the purposes of taxation, concerning rents and taxes on uncultivated land in an unnamed village. The land was formerly used for growing wheat and barley. Written in three columns on the verso of P. Oxy. 1382. Mid 2nd century. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 12, no. 1... -
Creator: Thonius, Aurelius (Priest)--4th cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: Affidavit sworn by Aurelius Thonius, priest of the temple of Zeus and Hera, certifying that his rank was acquired by hereditary succession from his father Demetrius. Addressed by Thonius to Flavius Paranius, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome. Dated CE 336. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 10, n... -
Creator: Patermouthis, Aurelius (Son of Saprion)--3rd cent., Antonius, Aurelius (Scribe)--3rd cent., and Kalaumis, Aurelius (Son of Petenouphis)--3rd cent. Contributing Institution: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Description: List of underage persons of priestly descent who perform priestly functions in the temples of Anubis and Leto. Compiled by two comarchs of the Cynopolite village of Laura, for the archives of the Cynopolite nome. Dated CE 282. Published in Oxyrhynchus Papyri v. 10, no. 1256; Cherry, p. 102. JPG f...