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Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek Late Antique PeriodEgypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 35.1459. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 35.1459
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Antique Period
Date: 7th or 8th century C.E.
Date range: 700 CE – 799 CE
Materials: ['Papyrus', 'ink']
Height: 15.3 cm
Width: 28.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek (35.1459). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17189

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Caption: Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek, 7th or 8th century C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 6 x 11 in. (15.3 x 28 cm) Object: 1 7/8 x 7 1/16 in. (4.8 x 18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour, 35.1459. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Materials Ink Papyrus

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BKM-Accession 35.1459 tier-2
BKM-Object 45065 tier-2

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