Detail View: Papyri Collection: Letter of Alypius
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Reference number:
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Greek P 238
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Side:
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verso
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Obverse:
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Greek P 237
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Image Number:
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JRL1502107
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Image Title:
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Letter of Alypius
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Alternative Image Title:
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Private Correspondence
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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. 2 238
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Description:
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A letter from Alypius concerning huntsmen sent to hunt wild boars.
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Date created:
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3rd century CE
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Time period covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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People covered:
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Heroninus
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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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227 mm
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Item width:
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166 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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Roman Empire
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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Arsinoites (mod. Fayum)
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Interrelation fragments:
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Greek Papyrus 237
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Notes:
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Verso only.
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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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grc0238v
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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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2014-09-25
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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