Detail View: Papyri Collection: Letter of Demarion and Irene

Reference number: 
Greek P 243
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL022778tr
Image Title: 
Letter of Demarion and Irene
Alternative Image Title: 
Private Correspondence
Trismegistos Number: 
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