Detail View: Papyri Collection: Medical treatise

Reference number: 
Greek P 39
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL022633tr
Image Title: 
Medical treatise
Alternative Image Title: 
Miscellaneous Minor Fragments
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Medicine
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. 1 39
Description: 
Small, unidentified fragment containing the ends of a few lines from a medical treatise. It was a piece of mummy cartonnage, possibly from Hibeh.
Date created: 
3rd century BCE
Time period covered: 
750 - 1 BCE
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc
Item height: 
72 mm
Item width: 
61 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Papyrus
Notes: 
Under glass with Greek Papyri 40 - 42.
Bibliography: 
Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952
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: 
grc0039r
Image technique: 
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, November 2005
Metadata language: 
eng-GB