COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Coptic P 270
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL19121150
Image Title:
Letter to Apa John
Subject:
Letters
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Porphyra
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Copt. 270
Description:
A letter to an ecclesiastic dignitary named Apa John from Porphyra, seeking help. The idiom shows several Ahmimic forms. Verso is blank.
Creation site:
Egypt: Hermopolites (mod. El-Ashmunein)
Date created:
4th century
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Language:
Coptic
Language code:
cop
Item height:
290 mm
Item width:
110 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt: Hermopolites (mod. El-Ashmunein)
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:
cop0270r
Image technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2019-12-18
Date: issued:
2020-01
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Letter to Apa John
