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Detail View: Papyri Collection: Bilingual Sale of House

Reference number: 
Greek P 306
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL023133tr
Image Title: 
Bilingual Sale of House
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Legal documents
Subject: 
Deeds
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. Gr. 2 306
Description: 
Egyptian contract concerning the sale of part of a house. The beginnings of 13 lines from the demotic sale and ends of 13 lines from the Greek signatures remain.
Creation site: 
Egypt
Date created: 
1st century CE [early]
Time period covered: 
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered: 
Egypt
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc-EG
Language: 
Demotic
Language code: 
egy
Item height: 
216 mm
Item width: 
44 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Papyrus
Discovery site: 
Egypt: Soknopaiou Nesos (mod. Dimeh)
Notes: 
Under glass with Greek Papyri 304 & 305.
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: 
grc0306r
Image technique: 
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, October 2005
Metadata language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Papyri