Detail View: Papyri Collection: Letter
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Reference number:
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Greek P Herm Rees 17
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL0701100dc
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Image Title:
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Letter
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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. Herm. 17
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Description:
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Fragment of a letter in a sixth century hand. On the verso is a letter from Leuchis to Apa John. The recto letter appears to pre-date the verso letter.
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Date created:
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6th century CE
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Time period covered:
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1 BCE - 500 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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96 mm
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Item width:
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274 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: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein) [?]
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Bibliography:
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'Papyri from Hermopolis and other documents of the Byzantine Period' edited with translations and notes by B. R. Rees (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1964).
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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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Sub-Category:
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Correspondence
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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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hermrees0017r
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date image captured:
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2006-10-27
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Date: issued:
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2007-03
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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