Detail View: Papyri Collection: Letter

Reference number: 
Coptic P 301
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL030547tr
Image Title: 
Letter
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Letters
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. Copt. 301
Description: 
Letter to a superior containing a request. The text mentions the name Apa Shoi. Early type of script.
Date created: 
4th-6th century
Time period covered: 
1 BCE - 500 CE
Time period covered: 
500 - 1000 CE
Language: 
Coptic
Language code: 
cop
Item height: 
130 mm
Item width: 
105 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support material: 
Papyrus
Bibliographic Reference: 
Crum, W. E., Catalogue of the Coptic manuscripts in the collection of the John Rylands Library, Manchester: University Press, 1909.
Current repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Correspondence
Sub-Category: 
Fragments
Image rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number: 
cop0301r
Image technique: 
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, September 2005
Date: issued: 
2018-04
Metadata language: 
eng-GB