COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 252
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL0929103dc
Image Title:
Sale contract
Subject:
Legal documents
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. 2 252
Description:
Fragment of a contract of sale of an animal. The contract is preceded by an abstract in an illegible hand.
Date created:
141-140 BCE
Time period covered:
750 - 1 BCE
Place covered:
Egypt
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
149 mm
Item width:
72 mm
Number of lines:
26
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Style Period:
Ptolemaic
Discovery site:
Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)
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:
grc0252r
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
Sale contract
