COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 243
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL022778tr
Image Title:
Letter of Demarion and Irene
Alternative Image Title:
Private Correspondence
Subject:
Letters
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. 2 243
Description:
Letter from two women, Demarion and Irene, to their steward, Syrus, consoling him on a prevailing lack of water - probably an insufficient rising of the Nile.
Date created:
2nd century CE
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered:
Egypt
People covered:
Demarion
People covered:
Irene
People covered:
Syrus
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
120 mm
Item width:
132 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Style Period:
Roman Empire
Discovery site:
Egypt
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:
Correspondence
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
grc0243r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Letter of Demarion and Irene
