Detail View: Papyri Collection: Letter from Zacharias to Rashid

Reference number: 
Coptic P 285
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL17122008
Image Title: 
Letter from Zacharias to Rashid
Subject: 
Letters
Description: 
Letter from Zacharias to 'his sincere friend Rashid, the most glorious amir', referring to the taxes of certain villagers.
Language: 
Coptic
Language code: 
cop
Item height: 
340 mm
Item width: 
130 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support material: 
Papyrus
Bibliographic Reference: 
Crum, W. E., Catalogue of the Coptic manuscripts in the collection of the John Rylands Library, Manchester: University Press, 1909.
Current repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Category: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Fragments
Image rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number: 
cop0285r
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured: 
2017-12-15
Metadata language: 
eng-GB