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Detail View: Papyri Collection: Scheme of lunar months

Reference number: 
Greek P 589/5-6
Side: 
Columns 11-12 recto
Image Number: 
JRL0923541dc
Image Title: 
Scheme of lunar months
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Astronomy
Subject: 
Calendars
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. Gr. 4 589
Description: 
Columns 11-12 recto: Astronomical section concerned with the character of lunar months.
Date created: 
October 180 BCE
Time period covered: 
750 - 1 BCE
Place covered: 
Egypt
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc-EG
Item height: 
150 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Papyrus
Discovery site: 
Egypt: Philadelpheia (mod. Gharabet el-Gerza) [?]
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: 
grc0589-05-11r
Image technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured: 
2009-06-05
Date: issued: 
2012-12
Metadata language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Papyri