Detail View: Papyri Collection: Hesiod, 'Theogonia'

Reference number: 
Greek P 54
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL0802203dc
Image Title: 
Hesiod, 'Theogonia'
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Mythology
Subject: 
Classical literature
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Hesiod
Source Title: 
Theogonia
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. 1 54
Description: 
From the bottom of a column, written in a medium-sized uncial hand. On the verso are parts of seven lines of demotic.
Date created: 
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc-EG
Item height: 
114 mm
Item width: 
43 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Papyrus
Style Period: 
Reign of Augustus
Discovery site: 
Egypt: Oxyrynchos (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: 
grc0054r
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2007-10-18
Date: issued: 
2007-11
Metadata language: 
eng-GB