Detail View: Papyri Collection: Aesop, 'Fables'
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Reference number:
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Greek P 493a
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL022582tr
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Image Title:
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Aesop, 'Fables'
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Trismegistos Number:
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Subject:
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Classical literature
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Aesop
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Source Title:
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Fables
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. Gr. 3 493
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Description:
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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.
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Date created:
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1st century CE
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Language:
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Greek
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Language code:
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grc-EG
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Item height:
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235 mm
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Item width:
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130 mm
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Interrelation fragments:
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Greek Papyrus 493 [b-c]: further Fables in the same hand, probably from the same document.
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Notes:
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Under glass with Greek Papyrus 493 [b].
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Bibliography:
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Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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grc0493ar
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Image technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, November 2005
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Papyri
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