[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Egypt & Red Sea](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eg) › [Roman Egypt (30 BCE – 284 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eg.roman) › [Literary and school papyri](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eg.roman.literary) › P.Oxy. III 413 (Χαριτιον) # P.Oxy. III 413 (Χαριτιον) (P.Oxy. III 413 (Χαρίτιον)) The Charition mime Greek farce on the coast of a barbarian kingdom on the Indian Ocean: the Greek girl Charition escapes with her brother after the barbarians are made drunk. The king sings of "Indian chiefs"; the barbarians speak a language that Grierson compared with Prakrit and Hultzsch (1904) read as Kannada — whether it is real Dravidian, garbled Indian or gibberish is still disputed. - **Language:** Ancient Greek - **Date:** 100–199 CE - **Place:** Oxyrhynchos (el-Bahnasa) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (1) - [Oxyrhynchus Papyri III, no. 413: Farce and Mime](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eg.roman.literary.charition~en-grenfell-hunt) — English, not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eg.roman.literary.charition](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eg.roman.literary.charition) · Pramāṇa