COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 458
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL250501104
Image Title:
Deuteronomy
Subject:
Bible. Old Testament
Subject:
Religion
Source Title:
Deuteronomy
Section:
xxiii - xxviii
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. Gr. 3 458
Description:
Eight fragments, identified by the letters a - h, from a papyrus roll of Deuteronomy. They are written in a stylised and formal hand. The fragments were recovered from two pieces of mummy cartonnage along with Greek Papyri 539, 496, 499, 501, 502 and 503 and some Demotic texts. Acquired in 1917.
Creation site:
Egypt
Date created:
2nd century BCE
Time period covered:
750 - 1 BCE
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
204 mm
Item width:
270 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Style Period:
Ptolemaic
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
Deuteronomy
