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Detail View: Papyri Collection: Psalms 3 and 62

Reference number: 
Greek P 461
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL030615tr
Image Title: 
Psalms 3 and 62
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Bible. Old Testament
Subject: 
Religion
Source Title: 
Bible: Psalms
Section: 
3 and 62
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. Gr. 3 461
Description: 
Four fragments of a tall sheet of parchment containing verses from the third Psalm, one of which is misplaced, and the opening of the sixty-second Psalm. The parchment was possibly used as a protective amulet. Acquired in 1917.
Date created: 
6th century CE
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc
Item height: 
Fragment c: 85 mm
Item width: 
Fragment c: 74 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Parchment
Notes: 
Under glass with Greek Papyri 459; 462.
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: 
grc0461r
Image technique: 
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
Metadata language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Papyri