COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 73
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL17021036
Image Title:
Receipt for compensation
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. 2 73
Description:
A receipt, issued by three farmers, for compensation paid to them by a shepherd whose sheep had grazed their crops.
Creation site:
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
Date created:
32/31 BCE
Place covered:
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
Place covered:
Egypt: Sethrempais
People covered:
Harnesis, son of Semtheus (farmer)
People covered:
Semtheus, son of Harnesis (farmer)
People covered:
Onnophris, son of Harnesis (farmer)
People covered:
Eubios, son of Pnepheros (farmer?)
People covered:
Harmiysis, son of Psenpnouthes (herdsman)
People covered:
Didymos (scribe)
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc
Item height:
311 mm
Item width:
99 mm
Number of lines:
20
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat) [?]
Bibliographic Reference:
H.C. Youtie (1968), 'Notes on Papyri II', ZPE 3: pp. 161-3; D. Hagedorn (2000), 'Bemerkungen zu Papyri XIII (Korrigenda Tyche)', Tyche 15: p. 195
Notes:
The Papryrus description has been supplied by William Mundy.
Bibliography:
Johnson, J De M; Martin, Victor; Hunt, Arthur S. Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Volume II Documents of the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods, Nos. 62-456. Part 1 (1915): In: Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Manchester, UK: Sherratt and Hughes, Publishers to the Victoria University of Manchester; 1915, pp. 10-11
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
grc0073r
Image technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2017-02-07
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Receipt for compensation
