COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Arabic P Add 236
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL1100157dc
Image Title:
IOU for barley
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Arab. 2 236
Description:
An IOU for barley, dated 84 AH (703 CE), or possibly 204 AH (819 CE). If the reading of 84 is correct, this is the earliest dated Arabic papyrus in the collection.
Date created:
703 CE (84 AH)
Language:
Arabic
Language code:
ara
Number of lines:
7 lines
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
IOU for barley
