COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 16
Side:
recto
Obverse:
Greek P 236
Image Number:
JRL1308632
Image Title:
Comedy
Subject:
Classical literature
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 1 16
Description:
A strip of papyrus containing iambic lines most probably from a comedy. Neither the play or author can be determined. The manuscript was unusually sumptuous both in its scale and calligraphy. The verso contains a letter to Heroninus.
Date created:
2nd century CE
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
264 mm
Item width:
85 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt: Theadelpheia (mod. Batn el-Harit)
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:
grc0016r
Image technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2013-03-21
Date: issued:
2014-09
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Comedy
