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Parchment bearing a promise from the King of Blemios to his two sons

Parchment bearing a promise from the King of Blemios to his two sons
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Parchment bearing a promise from the King of Blemios to his two sons

Category:
Written documents, manuscripts, parchments
Date:
Byzantine Period, 5th - 6th Cent. CE
Provenance:
Upper Egypt, Qena, Nag' El-Gherira (Gabalein/Gebelein)
Material(s):
Organic material, animal product, parchment
Length:
49.4 cm;
Width:
24.1 cm
Hall:
Islamic Antiquities, showcase M3



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

References
  • Jules Baillet, “Sur plusieurs textes grecs récemment découverts, relatifs à l'histoire des Blémyes”, Comptes rendus de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 32, no. 4 (1888): 326-336.
  • J. Krall, “Beiträge zur Geschichte der Blemyer und Nubier, no. 1”, Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften: Philosophisch-Historische Classe 46, no. 4 (1898).
  • Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire: nos 10001-10869: Greek Papyri, vol. 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1903): 94.
  • Service des Antiquités de L'Egypte, Notice des principaux monuments exposés au Musée de Gizeh (Cairo: Imprimerie Nationale, 1895): 115, no. 349.
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