Detail View: Papyri Collection: Letter from the Praefectus Annonae Alexandriae

Reference number: 
Greek P 652
Side: 
verso
Image Number: 
JRL1500014
Image Title: 
Letter from the Praefectus Annonae Alexandriae
Subject: 
Letters
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. 4 652
Description: 
The preafectus transmits to the authorities of Hermopolis a formal receipt discharging them from their obligations.
Creation site: 
Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)
Date created: 
4th - 5th century CE
Place covered: 
Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc-EG
Item height: 
472 mm
Item width: 
330 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Papyrus
Style Period: 
Byzantine
Discovery site: 
Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)
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: 
grc0652v
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured: 
2014-08-14
Metadata language: 
eng-GB