Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 153 (P. Oxy. 153 or P. Oxy. I 153) is a receipt, written in Greek and discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. The document was written on 20 May 618. Currently it is housed in the Egyptian Museum (10044) in Cairo.[1]
Description
The document is a receipt showing that Menas, a banker, had paid 9 solidi for three horses. The horses were bought from the inhabitants of Sephtha and given to Victor, a land agent. The measurements of the fragment are 134 by 330 mm.[2]
It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[2]
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.
