Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 53

53) is a report on a persea tree, written in Greek.

The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet.

[1] The papyrus was written by Aurelius Irenaeus to Valerius Ammonianus on behalf of the guild of carpenters.

[2] Pliny described the Egyptian persea tree in his Naturalis Historia XIII, 9,15.

Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.