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TIL of Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 91, a Greek receipt dated 13 Oct 187 for wet nursing wages. Written by Chosion, son of Sarapion, it records payment of 400 drachmae to Tanenteris, daughter of Thonis, through the bank at the Serapeum. Found in Oxyrhynchus, it’s now kept at Royal Holloway College in Egham.

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