COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 143
Side:
recto
Obverse:
Small number 18, written in pencil
Image Number:
JRL17021077
Image Title:
Petition to the strategos
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 2 143
Description:
A petition to the strategos, also designated as a philosopher at the Museum of Alexandria, complaining of illicit grazing.
Creation site:
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
Date created:
After 25 April 38 CE
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered:
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
People covered:
Didymos, son of Hierax (philosopher, strategos)
People covered:
Seras, son of Paes (herdsman)
People covered:
Heraklas, son of Diodoros (farmer)
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc
Item height:
356 mm
Item width:
85 mm
Number of lines:
23
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat) [?]
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:
grc0143r
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 strategos
