COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 623
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL023165tr
Image Title:
Latin letter of introduction
Alternative Image Title:
Archive of Theophanes
Subject:
Letters
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 4 623
Description:
This fragment is part of a letter of introduction for Theophanes, a government employee from Hermopolis. It is part of the Archive of Theophanes, purchased c. 1896 by A.S. Hunt on behalf of Lord Crawford. The text is identical and in the same hand as P. Lat. Strasb. I (ed. with plate by H. Breslau in 'Archiv', III, pp.168-72). The verso is blank.
Creation site:
Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)
Date created:
317 - 324 CE
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered:
Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)
Place covered:
Egypt: Thebais
People covered:
Theophanes
People covered:
Dyskolios
People covered:
Vitalis
People covered:
Philippos
Language:
Latin
Language code:
lat
Item height:
172 mm
Item width:
153 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt: Hermopolites
Notes:
Under glass with Greek Papyrus 622.
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.
Former repository:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
grc0623r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, January 2006
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Latin letter of introduction
