Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 110

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 110 (P. Oxy. 110 or P. Oxy. I 110) is an invitation to dinner, 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 2nd century. Currently it is housed at Eton College in Eton, Berkshire.[1]

Description

The document is a formal invitation from Chaeremon to an unnamed person to a dinner at the serapeum. The measurements of the fragment are 44 by 63 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

Ἐρωτᾷ

Erōtâi

σε

se

Χαιρήμων

Khairḗmōn

δειπνῆσαι

deipnêsai

εἰς

eis

κλείνην

kleínēn

τοῦ

toû

κυρίου

kuríou

Σαράπιδος

Sarápidos

ἐν

en

τῷ

tôi

Σαραπείῳ

Sarapeíōi

αὔριον,

aúrion,

ἥτις

hḗtis

ἐστὶν

estìn

ιε,

ie,

ἀπὸ

apò

ὥρας

hṓras

θ.

th.

[3]

 

Ἐρωτᾷ σε Χαιρήμων δειπνῆσαι εἰς κλείνην τοῦ κυρίου Σαράπιδος ἐν τῷ Σαραπείῳ αὔριον, ἥτις ἐστὶν ιε, ἀπὸ ὥρας θ.

Erōtâi se Khairḗmōn deipnêsai eis kleínēn toû kuríou Sarápidos en tôi Sarapeíōi aúrion, hḗtis estìn ie, apò hṓras th.

Chaeremon requests your company at dinner at the table of the lord Sarapis in the serapeum tomorrow, the 15th, at 9 o'clock.[2]

See also

References
  1. P. Oxy. 110 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. p. 177.
  3. "P.oxy.1.110 = HGV P.Oxy. 1 110 = Trismegistos 28404 = CHR.wilck.99".

Public Domain 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.

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