COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 161
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL0929097dc
Image Title:
Sale of Priest's Chamber
Subject:
Legal documents
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 2 161
Description:
An agreement by which Thases, daughter of Panephrimmis, sells to her son-in-law, Stotoetis, the fourth part of a priest's chamber and yard. The hand of the scribe is scholarly with occasional lapses in spelling and grammar.
Creation site:
Egypt: Arsinoites (mod. Fayum)
Date created:
71 CE
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered:
Egypt: Soknopaiou Nesos (mod. Dimeh)
People covered:
Stotoetis
People covered:
Thases
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
270 mm
Item width:
226 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Style Period:
Roman Empire
Discovery site:
Egypt: Soknopaiou Nesos (mod. Dimeh)
Notes:
Other agreements drawn up by the same hand are Greek Papyrus 312-13.
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:
grc0161r
Image technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2009-07-29
Date: issued:
2009-08
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Sale of Priest's Chamber
