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Demotic inscription from the Book of the Dead

Category:

Written documents, manuscripts, papyri

Date:

Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period (31 BCE-395 CE)

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Sohag, Gerga (Thinis), Kom Eshqaw (Aphroditopolis / Aphrodito / Aphrodites)

Material(s):

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

Length:

23 cm;

Width:

12.5 cm

Hall:

Islamic Antiquities, showcase M3

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

References

Sven Peter Vleeming, Demotic and Greek-Demotic Mummy Labels and other Short Texts Gathered from Many Publications (Short Texts II 278-1200), Studia demotica 9A (Leuven: Peeters, 2011).
Wilhelm Spiegelberg, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire: Die Demotischen Denkmäler, die Demotischen Papyrus (Strassburg: Buchdruckerei M. Dumont Schauberg, 1908): 197.

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