COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 589/5-6
Side:
Columns 11-12 recto
Image Number:
JRL0923541dc
Image Title:
Scheme of lunar months
Subject:
Astronomy
Subject:
Calendars
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. 4 589
Description:
Columns 11-12 recto: Astronomical section concerned with the character of lunar months.
Date created:
180 BCE, October
Time period covered:
750 - 1 BCE
Place covered:
Egypt
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
150 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt: Philadelpheia (mod. Gharabet el-Gerza) [?]
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:
grc0589-05-11r
Image technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2009-06-05
Date: issued:
2012-12
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Scheme of lunar months
