Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 152 (P. Oxy. 152 or P. Oxy. I 152) is a receipt, written in Greek and discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. The document was written on 1 March 618. Currently it is housed in the Egyptian Museum (10048) in Cairo.P. Oxy. 152 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
Description The document is a receipt showing that Georgius, a secretary, had paid 10 and 5/8 carats to two men employed at the hippodrome on the side of the Blues (Βενέτων). The "Blues" were one of the two racing factions (the other being the "Greens" (Πρασίνων)) which prevailed in the major provincial towns as well as in Rome. Compare P. Oxy. I 145. The measurements of the fragment are 84 by 345 mm.
It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
See also Oxyrhynchus Papyri Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 151 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 153 Blues and Greens in the Byzantine Empire
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