Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 100 (P. Oxy. 100 orP. Oxy. I 100) is a declaration on oath written inGreek and discovered inOxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a sheet. The document was written on 8 April 133. Currently it is housed at theEdinburgh University Library inEdinburgh.[1]
Therecto of the document contains a declaration on oath, addressed to theagoranomi. In it, Marcus Antonius Dius announces the sale of four pieces of land in the Cretan and Jewish quarter of Oxyrhynchus to three parties jointly. The price paid was 2200drachmae. Dius also declares the land to be free of mortgages. Theverso of the document contains part of an account. The measurements of the fragment are 273 by 158 mm.[2]
It was discovered byGrenfell andHunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[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.