Detail View: Papyri Collection: Petition to the epistates phylakiton

Reference number: 
Greek P 140
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL17021071
Image Title: 
Petition to the epistates phylakiton
Trismegistos Number: 
12926
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. Gr. 2 140
Description: 
A petition to the epistates phylakiton, complaining of the theft of a pig.
Creation site: 
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
Date created: 
November 36 CE
Time period covered: 
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered: 
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
People covered: 
Gaius Errius Priscus (epistates phylakiton)
People covered: 
Aunes, son of Anchorimphis (farmer)
People covered: 
Antonia Drusi (landowner)
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc
Item height: 
291 mm
Item width: 
840 mm
Number of lines: 
18
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Papyrus
Discovery site: 
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat) [?]
Bibliographic Reference: 
D. Braund (1985), Augustus to Nero (Routledge): no. 757
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: 
grc0140r
Image technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured: 
2017-02-07
Metadata language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Papyri