COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 488
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL022564tr
Image Title:
Anthology fragment
Subject:
Astrology
Subject:
Classical literature
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 3 488
Description:
The fragment contains the final words of 38 lines, possibly from an anthology of poems in different metres. The content could be astrological. Acquired in 1917.
Date created:
2nd century CE
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc
Item height:
157 mm
Item width:
27 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Notes:
Under glass with Greek Papyrus 489.
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.
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
grc0488r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, October 2005
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Anthology fragment
