Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 89

P. Oxy. 89

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 89 (P. Oxy. 89) is a receipt for the payment of wheat, written in Greek. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The document was written on 29 July 140. Currently it is housed in the Egyptian Museum (Cat. Gen. 10008) in Cairo.^[1]

Description

The fragment was written by an unknown author. According to Grenfell and Hunt it is a "receipt showing that Horion, son of Sarapion, had paid into the public granary 115 1/4 artabae of wheat from the harvest of the third year of Antoninus". The measurements of the fragment are 200 by 120 mm.^[2]

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

Text

μεμέ(τρηκεν)(*) εἰς τὸ δημόσιο(ν) (πυροῦ) γενήμ(ατος)

γ (ἔτους) Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ

κυρίου μέτρῳ δημοσίῳ με-

τρήσει τῇ κελευσθείσῃ (διὰ) σι(τολόγων)(*)

Μ̣ο̣νί̣μ̣ου(*) τόπων ἐπὶ τῆς ε

τοῦ Μεσορὴ Ὡρίων Σαραπίων-

ος ἀρτάβ(ας) ἑκατὸν δέκα πέντε

τέταρτον . Θεόξενο(ς) σεση(μείωμαι) (ἀρτάβας) ἑκα-

τὸν δέκα πέντε τέταρτ(ον), (γίνονται) ριε δ´.

See also

• Oxyrhynchus Papyri
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 88
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 90

References

1. P. Oxy. 89 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
2. Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. p. 152.

External links

• Page P. Oxy.1.89 = HGV P.Oxy. 1 89 = Trismegistos 20748 = oxford-ipap.apis.1693

 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.