COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
mediaCollectionId
ManchesterDev~93~3
Papyri Collection
Collection
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Reference number:
Greek P 624
reference_number
Greek P 624
Reference number
false
Side:
recto
folio
recto
Side
false
Image Number:
JRL1201496
image_number
JRL1201496
Image Number
false
Image Title:
Letter from Hephaistion and Horigenes to Theophanes
image_title
Letter from Hephaistion and Horigenes to Theophanes
Image Title
false
Alternative Image Title:
Archive of Theophanes
alternative_image_title
Archive of Theophanes
Alternative Image Title
false
Trismegistos Number:
metadata_schema
<A href="http://www.trismegistos.org/text/32762"> 32762 </a>
Trismegistos Number
false
Subject:
Letters
subject
Letters
Subject
false
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 4 624
citation_reference
P. Ryl. Gr. 4 624
Citation reference
false
Description:
Letter from Hephaistion and Horigenes to Theophanes. Written to thank their father for his kindness in taking them with him on his travels as far as Alexandria. As a combination of a genuine private letter and as essay on filial piety it is unique amongst the papyri. Written in a firm, clear and probably professional hand.
description
Letter from Hephaistion and Horigenes to Theophanes. Written to thank their father for his kindness in taking them with him on his travels as far as Alexandria. As a combination of a genuine private letter and as essay on filial piety it is unique amongst the papyri. Written in a firm, clear and probably professional hand.
Description
false
Place covered:
Egypt: Alexandria
place_covered
Egypt: Alexandria
Place covered
false
People covered:
Hephaistion
people_covered
Hephaistion
People covered
false
People covered:
Horigenes
people_covered
Horigenes
People covered
false
People covered:
Theophanes
people_covered
Theophanes
People covered
false
Language:
Greek
language
Greek
Language
false
Language code:
grc-EG
language_code
grc-EG
Language code
false
Item height:
202 mm
item_height
202 mm
Item height
false
Item width:
242 mm
item_width
242 mm
Item width
false
Technique used:
Handwriting
technique_used
Handwriting
Technique used
false
Support material:
Papyrus
support_material
Papyrus
Support material
false
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
false
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category
false
Sub-Category:
Fragments
sub_category
Fragments
Sub-Category
false
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
image_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Image rights
false
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights
false
Image sequence number:
grc0624r
Image technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
image_technique
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Image technique
false
Date image captured:
2011-09-22
date_image_captured
2011-09-22
Date image captured
false
Date: issued:
2011-10
date__issued
2011-10
Date: issued
false
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
collection_code
Papyri
Collection Code
false