Detail View: Papyri Collection: Letter from Bubalus to Zenon
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Reference number:
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Greek P 562
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL0907262dc
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Image Title:
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Letter from Bubalus to Zenon
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Alternative Image Title:
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Zenon Archive
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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. 4 562
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Description:
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Written in a large hand. Subject of the letter is the provisioning of the cavalrymen who were going down to take part in the great festival called the Penteteris or ptolemaieia.
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Date created:
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251 BCE
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People covered:
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Bubalus
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People covered:
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Zenon
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Language:
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Greek
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Language code:
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grc-EG
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Item height:
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110 mm
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Item width:
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335 mm
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Style Period:
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Ptolemaic
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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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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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grc0562r
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date image captured:
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2008-12-02
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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