Detail View: Papyri Collection: Loan on security

Reference number: 
Greek P 310
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL022509tr
Image Title: 
Loan on security
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Legal documents
Subject: 
Law
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. 2 310
Description: 
Loan on security. On the left, a sale in Demotic & Greek; on the right, on the same piece of papyrus, a loan entirely in Greek. The lender of the loan portion - Tesenouphis, son of Demas - is the buyer of the sale portion. The papyrus is worm-eaten & mutilated.
Date created: 
33 CE
Time period covered: 
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered: 
Egypt
People covered: 
Tesenouphis, son of Demas
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc-EG
Language: 
Demotic
Language code: 
egy
Item height: 
110 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Papyrus
Style Period: 
Roman Empire
Discovery site: 
Egypt: Soknopaiou Nesos (mod. Dimeh)
Notes: 
In a glass frame with Greek Papyrus 311.
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: 
grc0310r
Image technique: 
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, September 2005
Metadata language: 
eng-GB