Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 73 (P. Oxy. 73), is a notice of a transfer of property (ἀπογραφή), like P. Oxy. 72. However in this case the property being transferred is a slave. The document is written inGreek. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered byGrenfell andHunt in 1897 inOxyrhynchus. The document was written between 25 July and 28 August 94. Currently it is housed in theJohn Rylands University Library inManchester. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[1]
The letter was addressed to an official. It mentions that it was drawn up "in the street," which probably means before a publicnotary. This is a form used in contracts agreed to in the presence of theagoranomus. It was written by Thamounion, daughter of Adrastus, with her husband Dionysius acting askurios (κύριος). The measurements of the fragment are 227 by 71 mm.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898).Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.
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