Detail View: Papyri Collection: Roman papyrus from Dimê

Reference number: 
Demotic P 46-4
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL023188tr
Image Title: 
Roman papyrus from Dimê
Subject: 
Accounting
Subject: 
Legal documents
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 46-3
Current repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Fragments
Image rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number: 
dem046-04r
Image technique: 
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, November 2002
Metadata language: 
eng-GB