COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 78
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL0929091dc
Image Title:
Official Correspondence
Subject:
Legal documents
Subject:
Letters
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. 2 78
Description:
A letter to the strategus of the Busirite nome in the Delta announcing the dispatch of several letters and documents. A short summation of the contents of each is given; most deal with matters concerning taxation.
Date created:
157 CE
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered:
Egypt
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
225 mm
Item width:
302 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Style Period:
Roman Empire
Discovery site:
Egypt: Oxyrhynchus (mod. Bahnasa)
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:
grc0078r
Image technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2009-07-29
Date: issued:
2009-08
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Official Correspondence
