COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Demotic P 46-3
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL022488tr
Image Title:
Roman papyrus from Dimê
Subject:
Legal documents
Subject:
Accounting
Description:
One of a number of fragments of Roman papyri, consisting of contracts & accounts, some with portions of datings in the reigns of Claudius, etc., some bilingual fragments.
Date created:
1st century
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered:
Egypt
Language:
Demotic
Language code:
egy
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Style Period:
Reign of Claudius
Discovery site:
Egypt: Soknopaiou Nesos (mod. Dimeh)
Bibliographic Reference:
Catalogue of Demotic Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
Notes:
Under glass with Demotic Papyrus 46-4
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
dem046-03r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, November 2002
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Roman papyrus from Dimê
