COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 450
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL023106tr
Image Title:
Cyropaedia fragment
Subject:
Iran--History
Subject:
Classical literature
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Xenophon (Comic poet), active approximately 400 B.C.E
Source Title:
Cyropaedia
Translated source title:
The Education of Cyrus
Section:
Book I
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. 2 450, P. Oxy. 7 1018
Description:
Fragment from Xenophon of Athens' fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, the first Achaemenian Emperor of Persia (580-529 BCE).
Time period covered:
750 - 1 BCE
Place covered:
Iran
People covered:
Cyrus, the Great, King of Persia, -530 B.C. or 529 B.C.
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
256 mm
Item width:
109 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt: Oxyrhynchus (mod. Bahnasa)
Notes:
Under glass with Greek Papyri 448 - 449; 451.
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:
grc0450r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, November 2005
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Cyropaedia fragment
