Detail View: Papyri Collection: Latin Juristic fragments

Reference number: 
Greek P 474
Side: 
verso
Image Number: 
JRL0806509dc
Image Title: 
Latin Juristic fragments
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Law
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Ulpian
Source Title: 
Ad Edictum XXVI
Section: 
Digest XII, i, i, i
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. 3 474
Description: 
Two fragments from a papyrus codex, almost certainly not from the same leaf, which probably contained a collection of excerpts from Ulpian or from various jurists. The hand is a heavy and sloping mixed uncial, and the ink is dark brown. Each line of text is estimated at c. 80 mm. Purchased in Luxor and acquired in 1917.
Date created: 
4th century CE
Time period covered: 
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered: 
Roman Empire
Language: 
Latin
Language code: 
lat
Item height: 
Fragment a: 70 mm
Item width: 
Fragment a: 108 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
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: 
grc474av
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2008-03-28
Date: issued: 
2008-08
Metadata language: 
eng-GB