Detail View: Papyri Collection: Official Letter
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Reference number:
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Greek P 609
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL022629tr
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Image Title:
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Official Letter
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Trismegistos Number:
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Subject:
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Letters
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. Gr. 4 609
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Description:
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A call up notice served on an inhabitant of Hermapolis by order of the Count of the Thebaid Frontier through the local tribune. The conditions that would exempt him from conscription are carefully stated. Written along the fibres in a rounded cursive hand. The papyrus has been firmly stuck to a piece of cardboard so that the verso is not visible and to try and see it would damaged the fragment.
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Creation site:
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Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein) [?]
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Date created:
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6th century CE
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Place covered:
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Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)
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Language:
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Latin
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Language code:
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lat
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Item height:
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485 mm
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Item width:
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300 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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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)
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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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grc0609r
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Image technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, June 2007
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Date: issued:
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2007-06
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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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