Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 156
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 156 (P. Oxy. 156 or P. Oxy. I 156) is a papyrus letter, 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 6th century. It is currently housed in the Egyptian Museum (10035) in Cairo.[1]
The document is a letter from Theodorus, a secretary (chartoularios; χαρτουλάριος) and land-agent, to other secretaries and overseers. Theodorus asks that Abraham and Nicetes be made bucellarii. The measurements of the fragment are 120 by 330 mm.[2]
It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[2]
