Detail View: Papyri Collection: Lysias speech
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Reference number:
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Greek P 489
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL17070866
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Image Title:
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Lysias speech
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Trismegistos Number:
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Lysias, approximately 459-380 BCE
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. Gr. 3 489
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Description:
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This fragment contains the inner half of a leaf from a papyrus codex, the other half of which is in the British Museum (P. Lond. Inv. 2852). Lysias was a gifted lawyer and orator in ancient Athens. He makes this speech in defence of a client, one "Eryximachus". Acquired in 1920.
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Date created:
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3rd-4th century CE
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Time period covered:
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750 - 1 BCE
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Place covered:
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Greece: Periféreia Protevoúsis: Athens
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People covered:
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Eryximachus
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Language:
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Greek
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Language code:
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grc
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Item height:
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240 mm
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Item width:
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123 mm
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Interrelation fragments:
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P. Lond. Inv. 2852 (British Museum)
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Notes:
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Under glass with Greek Papyrus 488
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Bibliography:
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Arthur S. Hunt [et al], 'Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library Manchester', 4 vols (Manchester, 1911-52). H.J.M. Milne, 'A new speech of Lysias' in J.E.A., xv (1929), pp.75-7.
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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grc0489r
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date image captured:
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2017-07-27
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Papyri
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