Detail View: Papyri Collection: Comedy
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Reference number:
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Greek P 16
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Side:
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recto
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Obverse:
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Greek P 236
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Image Number:
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JRL1308632
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Image Title:
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Comedy
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Trismegistos Number:
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Subject:
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Classical literature
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. 1 16
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Description:
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A strip of papyrus containing iambic lines most probably from a comedy. Neither the play or author can be determined. The manuscript was unusually sumptuous both in its scale and calligraphy. The verso contains a letter to Heroninus.
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Date created:
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2nd century CE
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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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264 mm
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Item width:
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85 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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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Theadelpheia (mod. Batn el-Harit)
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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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grc0016r
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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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2013-03-21
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Date: issued:
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2014-09
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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