Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 101

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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 101 (P. Oxy. 101 or P. Oxy. I 101) is a document concerning the lease of some land, written in

Haskell Oriental Institute (2064) at the University of Chicago.[1]

Description

The land in question was owned by Dionysia, daughter of Chaeremon. Her guardian in the deal was her son Apion, also called Dionysius. Together, they agree to lease 38

woad and coriander (?). In the last year of the lease he is required to grow the same crops that he was required to grow under the terms of his previous lease. The rent was 190 artabae of wheat and 12 drachmae per year. The measurements of the fragment are 254 by 84 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. 101 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. ^ a b Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 164–166.

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