Detail View: Papyri Collection: Historical Fragment

Reference number: 
Greek P 492
Side: 
verso
Image Number: 
JRL17120013
Image Title: 
Historical Fragment
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
History, Ancient
Subject: 
Classical literature
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. 3 492
Description: 
Historical fragment. In spite of the considerable size of the fragment little of the text remains. It appears to have been an historical work dealing with the Persian Wars: the preliminaries of the campaign. The letters are of a square concise type, closely packed and unornamented.
Date created: 
400 - 499 CE
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc-EG
Item height: 
130 mm
Item width: 
305 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support material: 
Papyrus
Notes: 
Under glass with Greek P 491
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: 
grc0492v
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured: 
2017-12-05
Metadata language: 
eng-GB