COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Coptic P 310
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL023048tr
Image Title:
Letter
Subject:
Letters
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Copt. 310
Description:
Fragment of papyrus in fine script. Letter from a widow relating the settlement of a debt of 170,000 talents, in which a man was forced to sign away his children.
Date created:
4th century
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Language:
Coptic
Language code:
cop
Item height:
170 mm
Item width:
120 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:
cop0310r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, September 2005
Date: issued:
2018-04
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Letter
