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Greek papyrus bearing a collection of comparisons excerpted from the works of Homer
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0510

JEJournal d'Entrée du Musée Égyptien du Caire
The numbering system and accession log created by the French, which has been used most consistently throughout the Egyptian Museum’s history. It is a continuous, sequential numbering system. 60565
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 1808

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showcase M3

Greek papyrus bearing a collection of comparisons excerpted from the works of Homer

Category:

Written documents, manuscripts, papyri

Date:

Graeco-Roman Period (332 BCE-395 CE)

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Minya, Bahnasa (Oxyrhynchus)

Material(s):

Organic material, fiber (from plants/animals), papyrus

Length:

19 cm;

Width:

8.5 cm

Hall:

Islamic Antiquities, showcase M3

The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References

Zahi Hawass, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Archaeology Museum (Cairo: The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 97.
Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 243, 334.
William Gillian Waddell, “Three Homeric Papyri from Oxyrhynchus”, Mélanges Maspero, vol. 2, Orient Grec, Romain et Byzantin, Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire (MIFAO) 67, fasc. 1 (Cairo: Imprimerie de l’Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1934): 145-148.

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