Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 76
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 76 is a letter to the strategus, written in Greek
. The manuscript was written on papyrus
in the form of a sheet. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus
. The document was written on 3 June 179. Currently it is housed in the Cambridge University Library
(Add. Ms. 4039) in Cambridge
. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
The letter is addressed to a strategus named Theon. It was written by Apia, daughter of Horion. She advises Theon that Horion is dangerously ill. She goes on to say that she is informing Theon that she has no desire to inherit her father's property and asking for his instructions "about the next step to be taken, in order to free me from responsibility after his death." The measurements of the fragment are 306 by 78 mm.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
. The manuscript was written on papyrus
Papyrus
Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt....
in the form of a sheet. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus is a city in Upper Egypt, located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo, in the governorate of Al Minya. It is also an archaeological site, considered one of the most important ever discovered...
. The document was written on 3 June 179. Currently it is housed in the Cambridge University Library
Cambridge University Library
The Cambridge University Library is the centrally-administered library of Cambridge University in England. It comprises five separate libraries:* the University Library main building * the Medical Library...
(Add. Ms. 4039) in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
The letter is addressed to a strategus named Theon. It was written by Apia, daughter of Horion. She advises Theon that Horion is dangerously ill. She goes on to say that she is informing Theon that she has no desire to inherit her father's property and asking for his instructions "about the next step to be taken, in order to free me from responsibility after his death." The measurements of the fragment are 306 by 78 mm.