COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 270
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL0929105dc
Image Title:
Contracts
Subject:
Legal documents
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. 2 270
Description:
Nine fragments containing an account of legal proceedings written in an upright incial hand on the verso. The papyrus was made up of used sheets stuck together, the recto has fragments of at least three separate documents, including a contract for nursing.
Date created:
1st century CE
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Style Period:
Roman Empire
Discovery site:
Egypt: Oxyrhynchus (mod. Bahnasa)
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:
grc0270r
Image technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2009-07-29
Date: issued:
2009-08
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Contracts
