Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 49 (P. Oxy. 49) is a letter concerning the emancipation of a slave, 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 on 28 October 100. It is housed in the library ofTrinity College (Pap. E 1) inDublin. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[1]
The measurements of the fragment are 186 by 70 mm. The letter was written by two bankers, both named Theon, to theagoranomi of Oxyrhynchus, requesting the freedom of a slave named Horion, for whom 10drachmae of silver and 2talents, 6,000 drachmae of copper had been paid.[2]
The papyrus was written by the same hand asPapyrus Oxyrhynchus 50 and probably refers to the same transaction.[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.