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Papyrus Inscribed in Demotic and Greek Ptolemaic PeriodMemphis

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.1796E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.1796E
Find spot: Memphis, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: February 15, 108 B.C.E.
Date range: 108 BCE – 108 BCE
Materials: ['Papyrus', 'ink']
Height: 26.0 cm
Width: 38.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Papyrus Inscribed in Demotic and Greek (37.1796E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17983

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Caption: Papyrus Inscribed in Demotic and Greek, February 15, 108 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 10 1/4 x 14 15/16 in. (26 x 38 cm) Object: 6 x 11 1/16 in. (15.3 x 28.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1796E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Memphis

Materials Ink Papyrus

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BKM-Accession 37.1796E tier-2
BKM-Object 118316 tier-2

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