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papyrus
Object Type
papyrus
Museum number
EA75317
Description
Papyrus; 1 line of Coptic text written along the fibres on one side; 7 written against the fibres on the other. EA 75320, 75319, 75318, 75317, 75316, 75315 are mounted together.
Cultures/periods
Coptic
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
papyrus
Dimensions
Height:
30.70 centimetres
(frame)
Height:
5 centimetres
(max.)
Width:
30.70 centimetres
(frame)
Width:
15 centimetres
(max.)
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
epistolary
Bibliographic references
Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources
(380766)
(http://www.trismegistos.org/text/380766)
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair (incomplete - fragmentary)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Christie's
Acquisition date
1996
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA75317
Registration number
1996,0608.17
Conservation
Treatment
: 20 Jul 2005
Treatment
: 23 Apr 1998