COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 489
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL17070866
Image Title:
Lysias speech
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Lysias (ca. 459-380 BCE)
Description:
This fragment contains the inner half of a leaf from a papyrus codex, the other half of which is in the British Museum (P. Lond. Inv. 2852). Lysias was a gifted lawyer and orator in ancient Athens. He makes this speech in defence of a client, one "Eryximachus". Acquired in 1920.
Date created:
3rd-4th century
Time period covered:
750 - 1 BCE
Place covered:
Greece: Periféreia Protevoúsis: Athens
People covered:
Eryximachus
Language:
Greek
Language code:
grc
Item height:
240 mm
Item width:
123 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Interrelation fragments:
P. Lond. Inv. 2852 (British Museum)
Notes:
Under glass with Greek Papyrus 488
Bibliography:
Arthur S. Hunt [et al], 'Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library Manchester', 4 vols (Manchester, 1911-52). H.J.M. Milne, 'A new speech of Lysias' in J.E.A., xv (1929), pp.75-7.
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 technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2017-07-27
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Lysias speech
