Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 111 (P. Oxy. 111 or P. Oxy. I 111) is an invitation to a wedding feast, written in Greek and discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. The document was written in the 3rd century. Currently it is housed in the Percival Library at Clifton College in Bristol, England. [1]
Description
The document is a formal invitation to a dinner celebrating a marriage. As in Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 110, the name of the invited guest is not given. The measurements of the fragment are 40 by 80 mm. [2]
It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898. [2]
Text
Herais requests your company at dinner in celebration of the marriage of her children at her house tomorrow, the 5th, at 9 o'clock. [2]
See also
References
- ^ P. Oxy. 111 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
- ^ a b c Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. p. 177.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898).
Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.