COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Coptic P 271
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL0701104dc
Image Title:
Letter to 'John'
Subject:
Letters
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Copt. 271
Description:
A letter to an ecclesiastic dignitary named John from an unnamed person, greeting several persons and requesting the recipients' prayers. The script is of early, upright uncials, of a type unusual in private documents.
Date created:
4th-5th century
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Language:
Coptic
Language code:
cop
Script:
Upright uncials
Item height:
110 mm
Item width:
175 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support material:
Papyrus
Bibliographic Reference:
Crum, W. E., Catalogue of the Coptic manuscripts in the collection of the John Rylands Library, Manchester: University Press, 1909.
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
cop0271r
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2006-10-27
Date: issued:
2007-02
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Letter to 'John'
