Detail View: Papyri Collection: Letter to 'John'

Reference number: 
Coptic P 274
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL0701107dc
Image Title: 
Letter to 'John'
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Letters
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. Copt. 274
Description: 
A fragment of a letter to an ecclesiastic dignitary named John from an unnamed person. The script is a relatively early type.
Date created: 
4th-5th century
Time period covered: 
1 BCE - 500 CE
Language: 
Coptic
Language code: 
cop
Item height: 
75 mm
Item width: 
70 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.
Category: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Correspondence
Sub-Category: 
Fragments
Image rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number: 
cop0274r
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2006-10-27
Date: issued: 
2007-02
Metadata language: 
eng-GB