Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 90 (P. Oxy. 90) is a receipt for the payment of wheat, written inGreek. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered in the Egyptian city ofOxyrhynchus. The document was written between 179–180. Currently it is housed in theBritish Library (761) inLondon.[1] It is known also asP. Lond. 3 p. XXXII no. 761.[2]
The fragment contains a receipt, and is similar toPapyrus Oxyrhynchus 89. It was written by an unknown author. It states "that Clarus, ex-agoranomus, had deposited 8artabae 4choenices in the public granary". According toGrenfell andHunt, the last two lines are "written in Greek characters, but cannot be construed as Greek. Since they do not appear to be Graecizeddemotic, they are possibly acryptogram of some kind." The measurements of the fragment are 103 by 80 mm.[3]
It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[3] The fragment was examined byFrederic G. Kenyon (1907), who attempted to decipher it to no avail.[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.