Detail View: Papyri Collection: Bilingual Sale of House
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Reference number:
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Greek P 305
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL023132tr
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Image Title:
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Bilingual Sale of House
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Trismegistos Number:
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Subject:
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Legal documents
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Subject:
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Deeds
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. 2 305
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Description:
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Egyptian contract for the sale of house property with Greek signatures. Parts of 7 lines of demotic and 12 of Greek. Dated in the reign of Tiberius Caesar [Augustus].
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Date created:
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14-37 CE
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Time period covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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Place covered:
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Egypt
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Language:
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Greek
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Language code:
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grc-EG
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Language:
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Demotic
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Language code:
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egy
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Item height:
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166 mm
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Item width:
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53 mm
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Soknopaiou Nesos (mod. Dimeh)
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Notes:
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Under glass with Greek Papyri 304 & 306.
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Bibliography:
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Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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grc0305r
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Image technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, October 2005
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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