Detail View: Papyri Collection: Petition to the epistates phylakiton

Reference number: 
Greek P 148
Side: 
recto
Obverse: 
Small number 4, written in pencil
Image Number: 
JRL17021086
Image Title: 
Petition to the epistates phylakiton
Trismegistos Number: 
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. Gr. 2 148
Description: 
A petition to the epistates phylakiton, complaining of the theft of anise
Creation site: 
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
Date created: 
14 May 40 CE
Time period covered: 
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered: 
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
People covered: 
Gaius Iulius Pholos (epistates phylakiton)
People covered: 
Chairemon, son of Akousilaos (estate manager)
People covered: 
Gaius (= emperor Caligula)
People covered: 
Tiberius (= emperor Claudius)
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc
Item height: 
292 mm
Item width: 
76 mm
Number of lines: 
34
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Papyrus
Discovery site: 
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat) [?]
Bibliographic Reference: 
D. Braund (1985), Augustus to Nero (Routledge): no. 760
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: 
grc0148r
Image technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured: 
2017-02-07
Metadata language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Papyri