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Corn dole of Oxyrynchos

Name: Corn dole of Oxyrynchos
Variants: Corn dole of Oxyrhynchos / Oxyrhynchus
Place: U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)
Century: AD03
Begin: AD 200
End: AD 299
Language/script: Greek
Material: papyrus
Texts: 48
↳ certain: 46
↳ uncertain: 2
↳ erroneous:
Type: official archive of the magistrates in charge of the corn dole in Oxyrhynchus
Protagonist: The documents are applications addressed to or used by the magistrates in charge of the corn dole
Description: Applications for corn dole, official correspondence, lists, registers, receipt. All papyri are found in Oxyrynchos in the third excavation season, probably in the same mound. They derive from four near-consecutive boxes: 3B.11, 3B.13, 3B.14 and 3B.15.
Studies: Rea, P. Oxy. 40, 1972, p. 1-30 ; Dirscherl, MBAH 18 (1999), p. 57-90
Lists: Montevecchi, La papirologia, 1988, p. 577 no. 21
Work:
Collections: Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms
Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale
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