COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 125
Side:
recto
Obverse:
Small number 12, written in pencil
Image Number:
JRL17021042
Image Title:
Petition to the epistates phylakiton
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 2 125
Description:
A petition to the epistates phylakiton, from a villager leader (hegoumenos), complaining of the theft of a box of jewellery and other valuables belonging to his mother by a builder.
Creation site:
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
Date created:
28/29 CE
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered:
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
People covered:
Sarapion (epistates phylakiton)
People covered:
Orsenouphis, son of Harpaesis
People covered:
Petesouchos, son of Petesouchos (builder)
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc
Item height:
290 mm
Item width:
89 mm
Number of lines:
33
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat) [?]
Bibliographic Reference:
T. Reekmans (1975), 'Treasure-trove and parapherna', Le monde grec (Brussels): pp. 748-59; C. Sanchez-Moreno Ellart (2003), 'propos de P.Ryl. II 125', RIDA 50: pp. 21-33; C. Sanchez-Moreno Ellart (2006), 'Pherne and parapherna in the documents of Augustus' reign', Aegyptus 86: pp. 177-93
Notes:
The Papryrus description has been supplied by William Mundy.
Bibliography:
Johnson, J De M; Martin, Victor; Hunt, Arthur S. Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Volume II Documents of the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods, Nos. 62-456. Part 1 (1915): In: Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Manchester, UK: Sherratt and Hughes, Publishers to the Victoria University of Manchester; 1915, pp. 10-11
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
grc0125r
Image technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2017-02-07
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Petition to the epistates phylakiton
