Cyropaedia fragment

COLLECTION NAME:

Papyri Collection

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ManchesterDev~93~3

Papyri Collection

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Reference number:

Greek P 450

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Greek P 450

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Side:

recto

folio

recto

Side

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Image Number:

JRL023106tr

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JRL023106tr

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Image Title:

Cyropaedia fragment

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Cyropaedia fragment

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Trismegistos Number:

63002

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Subject:

Iran--History

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Iran--History

Subject

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Subject:

Classical literature

subject

Classical literature

Subject

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Creator Role:

Author

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Author

Creator Role

false

Creator:

Xenophon (Comic poet), active approximately 400 B.C.E

creator

Xenophon (Comic poet), active approximately 400 B.C.E

Creator

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Source Title:

Cyropaedia

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Cyropaedia

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Translated source title:

The Education of Cyrus

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The Education of Cyrus

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Section:

Book I

Citation reference:

P. Ryl. Gr. 2 450, P. Oxy. 7 1018

citation_reference

P. Ryl. Gr. 2 450, P. Oxy. 7 1018

Citation reference

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Description:

Fragment from Xenophon of Athens' fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, the first Achaemenian Emperor of Persia (580-529 BCE).

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Fragment from Xenophon of Athens' fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, the first Achaemenian Emperor of Persia (580-529 BCE).

Description

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Time period covered:

750 - 1 BCE

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750 - 1 BCE

Time period covered

false

Place covered:

Iran

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Iran

Place covered

false

People covered:

Cyrus, the Great, King of Persia, -530 B.C. or 529 B.C.

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Cyrus, the Great, King of Persia, -530 B.C. or 529 B.C.

People covered

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Language:

Greek

language

Greek

Language

false

Language code:

grc-EG

language_code

grc-EG

Language code

false

Item height:

256 mm

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256 mm

Item height

false

Item width:

109 mm

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109 mm

Item width

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Technique used:

Handwriting

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Handwriting

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false

Support material:

Papyrus

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Papyrus

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false

Discovery site:

Egypt: Oxyrhynchus (mod. Bahnasa)

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Egypt: Oxyrhynchus (mod. Bahnasa)

Discovery site

false

Notes:

Under glass with Greek Papyri 448 - 449; 451.

notes

Under glass with Greek Papyri 448 - 449; 451.

Notes

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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

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Current repository:

The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

Category:

Manuscripts

MEDIA INFORMATION

Cyropaedia fragment