Detail View: Papyri Collection: Acrostic
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Reference number:
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Greek P 41
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL023185tr
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Image Title:
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Acrostic
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Alternative Image Title:
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Miscellaneous Minor Fragments
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Trismegistos Number:
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Subject:
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Acrostics
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. Gr. 1 41
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Description:
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A fragment from the end of an acrostic, the lines of which represent the alphabet in consecutive order. The sentences have a moral tendency and were probably put together for educational purposes.
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Date created:
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6th century CE
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Time period covered:
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500 - 1000 CE
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Language:
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Greek
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Language code:
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grc
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Item height:
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85 mm
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Item width:
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95 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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Notes:
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Under glass with Greek Papyri 39 - 40; 42.
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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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grc0041r
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Image technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, January 2006
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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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