COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 587
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL1201090
Image Title:
Deed of Loan
Subject:
Deeds
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. 4 587
Description:
Loan of 2 copper talents, 2,500 drachmae for 5 months at 2 drachmae per mina interest every month. The document has been folded. Whilst the scribe could write some parts in an interesting and well-formed cursive he has hurried over the ordinary formulae and these parts are difficult to read.
Date created:
87 BCE
People covered:
Paos
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc-EG
Item height:
155 mm
Item width:
260 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Style Period:
Ptolemaic
Discovery site:
Egypt: Tebtynis (mod. Umm el-Baragat)
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:
grc0587r
Image technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2011-08-22
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Deed of Loan
