Detail View: Papyri Collection: Byzantine hymns

Reference number: 
Greek P 466
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL15060011
Image Title: 
Byzantine hymns
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Christianity
Subject: 
Hymns
Subject: 
Religion
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. Gr. 3 466
Description: 
Fragment probably originally used as a choir slip which contains two hymns. The writing on the verso runs in the opposite direction to the recto indicating the fragment is a single sheet, not part of a codex. Lower part is a palimpsest; a few Greek letters are visible on the recto. Acquired in 1920.
Date created: 
7th century CE
Time period covered: 
500 - 1000 CE
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc
Item height: 
226 mm
Item width: 
119 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Papyrus
Discovery site: 
Egypt: Arsinoites (mod. Fayum)
Bibliography: 
Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952
Current repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Fragments
Image rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number: 
grc0466r
Image technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured: 
2015-06-05
Metadata language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Papyri