COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 160b
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL0803318dc
Image Title:
Sale and Cession
Alternative Image Title:
Early Contracts from Soknopaiou Nesos
Subject:
Legal documents
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. 160, P. Dime 3 18
Description:
The demotic cession is almost wholly lost, but a considerable portion of the sale survives. These contracts are bilingual in Greek and Demotic. They are carelessly written and spelt.
Creation site:
Egypt: Soknopaiou Nesos (mod. Dimeh)
Date created:
37 CE
Place covered:
Egypt: Arsinoites (mod. Fayum)
Language:
Demotic
Language code:
egy
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
Fragment b1: 263 mm
Item height:
Fragment b2: 271
Item width:
Fragment b1: 178 mm
Item width:
Fragment b2: 49 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Style Period:
Roman Empire
Discovery site:
Egypt: Soknopaiou Nesos (mod. Dimeh)
Interrelation fragments:
Demotic Papyrus 44
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:
grc0160br
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-11-23
Date: issued:
2008-03
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Sale and Cession
