Report of a public physician, 173 AD
Item
Identifier: P.Oxy.51
Scope and Contents
A report addressed to the strategus of the nome by a public physician, stating that, in accordance with the instructions of the strategus to examine into the cause of death which had taken place and present a report, he had visited the house and seen the body.
The papyrus is written in a very cursive sloping hand.
Dates
- Creation: 173 AD
Language of Materials
Greek
Extent
1 fragment
Bibliography
Grenfell, Bernard P., and Arthur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. I. Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898, pp. 108-109.
Dimensions
14 cm x 7.2 cm
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk