Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 107

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 107 (P. Oxy. 107 or P. Oxy. I 107) is an acknowledgement of receipt of a will, sent in regard to its revocation. It is written in Greek and was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. The document was written on 27 February 123. Currently it is housed in the Egyptian Museum (Cat. Gen. 10006) in Cairo.[1]

Description

The document consists of an acknowledgement, addressed to Horion, clerk of the agoranomeion (ἀγορανομεῖον), of the receipt of a will made ten years before, which the testator now wished to revoke. The measurements of the fragment are 338 by 130 mm.[2]

It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ P. Oxy. 107 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. 1 2 Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 174–5.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. 

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