Detail View: Papyri Collection: Old Comedy

Reference number: 
Greek P 483
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL1116763
Image Title: 
Old Comedy
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Classical literature
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. 3 483
Description: 
Fragment from the lower part of two columns of a papyrus roll. The text is written along the fibres in a neat, rounded uncial of the second century. The scholia, in a small upright semi-cursive, are probably by a second scribe.
Date created: 
2nd century CE
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc-EG
Item height: 
78 mm
Item width: 
122 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Papyrus
Notes: 
Acquired in 1917.
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: 
grc0483r
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured: 
2011-01-18
Metadata language: 
eng-GB