COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Arabic P Add 16
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL1100151dc
Image Title:
Private letter
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Arab. 2 16
Description:
Private letter, mentioning the despatch of someone with a certain person and including news of a birth of a child to the writer.
Date created:
9th century CE (3rd century AH)
Language:
Arabic
Language code:
ara
Item height:
140 mm
Item width:
95 mm
Number of lines:
8 lines across vertical fibres, verso blank.
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support material:
Papyrus
Bibliographic Reference:
G. Rex Smith and Moshalleh al-Moraekhi, 'The Arabic Papyri of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, vol. 78, no. 2 (1996).
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 technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2010-09-06
Date: issued:
2018-04
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Private letter
