COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 305
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL023132tr
Image Title:
Bilingual Sale of House
Subject:
Legal documents
Subject:
Deeds
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 2 305
Description:
Egyptian contract for the sale of house property with Greek signatures. Parts of 7 lines of demotic and 12 of Greek. Dated in the reign of Tiberius Caesar [Augustus].
Date created:
14 - 37 CE
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered:
Egypt
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Language:
Demotic
Language code:
egy
Item height:
166 mm
Item width:
53 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt: Soknopaiou Nesos (mod. Dimeh)
Notes:
Under glass with Greek Papyri 304 & 306.
Bibliography:
Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
grc0305r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, October 2005
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Bilingual Sale of House
