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Specification for a mosaic floor

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Accession: JE51621
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: mid 3rd c. B.C.
Date: mid 3rd c. B.C.
Date range: 275 BCE – 225 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 21 x 13']
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Description

A specification for the mosaic floors in a Balanei'on. The design in the women's room was to be enclosed by a circular band of black; next to this came a winding sea-shell, then another suitable border, and in the middle an open poppy measuring two cubits in diameter.

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Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1295 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.1133 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;4;59665 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.4.59665 tier-1
HGV-Text 1295 tier-1

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