COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 550
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL250501100
Image Title:
Demosthenes
Subject:
Classical literature
Creator Attribution:
Dinarchus
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 4 550
Description:
Part of a speech mistakenly placed in the Demonsthenic corpus. Written along the fibres in a good book-hand.
Date created:
2nd century CE
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
168 mm
Item width:
81 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt
Notes:
Acquired in 1920.
Bibliography:
Roberts, C.H., Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library Manchester, Volume III, Theological and Literary Texts (Nos. 457-551), Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1938
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2025-05-20
Date: issued:
2025-06
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Demosthenes
