Detail View: Papyri Collection: Graeco-Latin juristic fragments

Reference number: 
Greek P 475
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL0806505dc
Image Title: 
Graeco-Latin juristic fragments
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Law
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. 3 475
Description: 
Four fragments [a-d] of a papyrus codex; the two larger pieces are possibly from the same leaf. The text on all fragments is partly in Greek and partly in Latin, possibly belonging to a Greek work on Roman law. The subject of fragment [a] is 'libertas fideicommissaria'. Fragment [b] is specifically concerned with a will and with 'dos'. All acquired in 1917.
Date created: 
5th century CE
Time period covered: 
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered: 
Roman Empire
Language: 
Latin
Language code: 
lat
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc
Item height: 
Fragment a: 50 mm
Item width: 
Fragment a: 60 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Papyrus
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: 
grc475ar
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2008-03-28
Date: issued: 
2008-08
Metadata language: 
eng-GB