COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 458
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL1402651
Image Title:
Deuteronomy
Subject:
Bible. Old Testament
Subject:
Religion
Source Title:
Deuteronomy
Section:
xxiii - xxviii
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 3 458
Description:
Eight fragments, identified by the letters a - h, from a papyrus roll of Deuteronomy. They are written in a stylised and formal hand. The fragments were recovered from two pieces of mummy cartonnage along with Greek Papyri 539, 496, 499, 501, 502 and 503 and some Demotic texts. Acquired in 1917.
Creation site:
Egypt
Date created:
2nd century BCE
Time period covered:
750 - 1 BCE
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
Fragment b: 80 mm
Item height:
Fragment c: 49 mm
Item height:
Fragment d: 40 mm
Item height:
Fragment a: 107 mm
Item height:
Fragment f: 11 mm
Item height:
Fragment e: 57 mm
Item height:
Fragment g: 12 mm
Item height:
Fragment h: 15 mm
Item width:
Fragment a: 45 mm
Item width:
Fragment e: 18 mm
Item width:
Fragment f: 21 mm
Item width:
Fragment b: 84 mm
Item width:
Fragment c: 23 mm
Item width:
Fragment d: 54 mm
Item width:
Fragment g: 14 mm
Item width:
Fragment h: 13 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Style Period:
Ptolemaic
Bibliography:
Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952. Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, 20 (1936), pp.219-45.
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:
grc0458r
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2013-11-01
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Deuteronomy
