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Two fragments of a papyrus bearing verses from the Iliad (II 449-519, 528-555)
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Sobhy

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Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0527

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. 67172
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. 40907
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 2238
P.Cair.Masp.Papyrus grecs d'époque byzantine, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire
Greek papyri of the Byzantine period in the Egyptian Museum General Catalogue of Antiquities. 67172

where to find

Storeroom

Two fragments of a papyrus bearing verses from the Iliad (II 449-519, 528-555)

Category:

Written documents, manuscripts, papyri

Date:

Byzantine Period, 6th Cent. CE

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Sohag, Gerga (Thinis), Kom Eshqaw (Aphroditopolis / Aphrodito / Aphrodites) (Excavated by Gustave Lefebvre for the Egyptian Antiquities Service)

Material(s):

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

Length:

8 cm;

Width:

2.1 cm

where to find:

Storeroom

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

References

Clement A. Kuehn, “Dioscorus of Aphrodito: Man and Circumstances”, chap. 2 in Channels of Imperishable Fire: The Beginnings of Christian Mystical Poetry and Dioscorus of Aphrodito (New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, 1995).
Clement A. Kuehn, “Part One: Chapters I, II, and III”, in Dioscorus of Aphrodito: Man and Circumstances (n.p.: Clement Kuehn, 2011), online e-book, www.byzantineegypt.org/references.html
Jean-Luc Fournet, Hellénisme dans l'Égypte du VIe siècle: la bibliothèque et l'œuvre de Dioscore d'Aphrodité, Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire (MIFAO) 115. (Cairo: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1999): 45-67.

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