COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 167b
Side:
recto
Obverse:
Small number 8, written in pencil
Image Number:
JRL17021098
Image Title:
Offer to lease a mill
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 2 167
Description:
Second copy, with minor textual variations, of Greek papyrus 167a, an offer to lease a mill.
Creation site:
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
Date created:
1 September 39 CE
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered:
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
People covered:
Kastor, son of Asklepiades
People covered:
Seras, son of Sarapion
People covered:
Tapeteus, daughter of Philoxenos
People covered:
Asklepiades, son of Ptolemaios (mill owner)
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc
Item height:
274 mm
Item width:
102 mm
Number of lines:
32
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat) [?]
Bibliographic Reference:
A.C. Johnson (1936), Roman Egypt: 372
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:
grc0167br
Image technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2017-02-07
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Offer to lease a mill
