Detail View: Papyri Collection: Letter to Apa John
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Reference number:
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Coptic P 270
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL19121150
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Image Title:
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Letter to Apa John
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Trismegistos Number:
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Subject:
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Letters
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Porphyra
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. Copt. 270
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Description:
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A letter to an ecclesiastic dignitary named Apa John from Porphyra, seeking help. The idiom shows several Ahmimic forms. Verso is blank.
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Creation site:
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Egypt: Hermopolites (mod. El-Ashmunein)
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Date created:
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4th century
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Time period covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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Language:
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Coptic
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Language code:
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cop
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Item height:
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290 mm
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Item width:
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110 mm
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Hermopolites (mod. El-Ashmunein)
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Bibliographic Reference:
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Crum, W. E., Catalogue of the Coptic manuscripts in the collection of the John Rylands Library, Manchester: University Press, 1909.
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Correspondence
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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cop0270r
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date image captured:
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2019-12-18
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Date: issued:
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2020-01
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Papyri
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