COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Arabic P Add 354
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL1101020dc
Image Title:
Petition from a Christian monk
Trismegistos Number:
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Arab. 2 354
Description:
Petition addressed to an Amir from a Christian monk on behalf of his poor followers who inhabit a monastery, making several complaints about the supporters of the sultan/local government officials of beatings and fines and suggesting religious discrimination. He ends the letter begging the Amir to rectify the injustice the writer and his colleagues have suffered.
Date created:
9th-10th century CE (3rd-4th century AH)
Language:
Arabic
Language code:
ara
Item height:
100 mm
Item width:
97 mm
Number of lines:
30 lines written across the vertical fibres.
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:
2010-09-07
Date: issued:
2018-04
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Petition from a Christian monk
