Aesop, 'Fables'

COLLECTION NAME:

Papyri Collection

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ManchesterDev~93~3

Papyri Collection

Collection

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Reference number:

Greek P 493a

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Greek P 493a

Reference number

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Side:

recto

folio

recto

Side

false

Image Number:

JRL022582tr

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JRL022582tr

Image Number

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Image Title:

Aesop, 'Fables'

image_title

Aesop, 'Fables'

Image Title

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Trismegistos Number:

59038

metadata_schema

Trismegistos Number

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Subject:

Classical literature

subject

Classical literature

Subject

false

Creator Role:

Author

creator_role

Author

Creator Role

false

Creator:

Aesop

creator

Aesop

Creator

false

Source Title:

Fables

source_title

Fables

Source Title

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Citation reference:

P. Ryl. Gr. 3 493

citation_reference

P. Ryl. Gr. 3 493

Citation reference

false

Description:

Fragment a contains part of three columns of text; each column consisted of 29 lines. Each fable begins on a new line, and the initial line projects into the margin. The papyrus is in a very fragile condition, badly frayed at the edges and with the fibres disordered. The text is written in an elegant upright and angular hand. The verso is blank. Acquired in 1917.

description

Fragment a contains part of three columns of text; each column consisted of 29 lines. Each fable begins on a new line, and the initial line projects into the margin. The papyrus is in a very fragile condition, badly frayed at the edges and with the fibres disordered. The text is written in an elegant upright and angular hand. The verso is blank. Acquired in 1917.

Description

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Date created:

1st century CE

date_created

1st century CE

Date created

false

Language:

Greek

language

Greek

Language

false

Language code:

grc-EG

language_code

grc-EG

Language code

false

Item height:

235 mm

item_height

235 mm

Item height

false

Item width:

130 mm

item_width

130 mm

Item width

false

Technique used:

Handwriting

technique_used

Handwriting

Technique used

false

Support material:

Papyrus

support_material

Papyrus

Support material

false

Interrelation fragments:

Greek Papyrus 493 [b-c]: further Fables in the same hand, probably from the same document.

interrelation_fragments

Greek Papyrus 493 [b-c]: further Fables in the same hand, probably from the same document.

Interrelation fragments

false

Notes:

Under glass with Greek Papyrus 493 [b].

notes

Under glass with Greek Papyrus 493 [b].

Notes

false

Bibliography:

Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952

bibliography

Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952

Bibliography

false

Current repository:

The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

Category:

Manuscripts

MEDIA INFORMATION

Aesop, 'Fables'