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Papyrus bearing a segment of verses from the Iliad on the recto; on the verso are traces of a document
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Sobhy

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0526

CGCatalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du musée du Caire
A series of scholarly publications, which groups objects by subject in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. 10846
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 2135
P.Fay.Fayum Papyri
309
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. 34731

where to find

Storeroom

Papyrus bearing a segment of verses from the Iliad on the recto; on the verso are traces of a document

Category:

Written documents, manuscripts, papyri

Date:

Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period, 2nd Cent. CE

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Fayoum, Batn Hirit / Ihrit (Theadelphia)

Material(s):

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

Length:

16.9 cm;

Width:

27 cm

where to find:

Storeroom

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

References

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): 102.
Bernard P. Grenfell et al., Fayûm Towns and Their Papyri, Graeco-Roman Memoirs 3 (London: Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900): 310.

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