Detail View: Papyri Collection: Latin letter of introduction
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Reference number:
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Greek P 623
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL023165tr
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Image Title:
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Latin letter of introduction
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Alternative Image Title:
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Archive of Theophanes
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Trismegistos Number:
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Subject:
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Letters
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. 4 623
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Description:
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This fragment is part of a letter of introduction for Theophanes, a government employee from Hermopolis. It is part of the Archive of Theophanes, purchased c. 1896 by A.S. Hunt on behalf of Lord Crawford. The text is identical and in the same hand as P. Lat. Strasb. I (ed. with plate by H. Breslau in 'Archiv', III, pp.168-72). The verso is blank.
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Creation site:
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Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)
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Date created:
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317 - 324 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: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)
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Place covered:
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Egypt: Thebais
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People covered:
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Theophanes
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People covered:
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Dyskolios
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People covered:
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Vitalis
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People covered:
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Philippos
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Language:
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Latin
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Language code:
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lat
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Item height:
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172 mm
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Item width:
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153 mm
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Hermopolites
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Notes:
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Under glass with Greek Papyrus 622.
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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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Former repository:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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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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grc0623r
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Image technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, January 2006
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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