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Papyrus fragment of a letter from Apollonius to Zenon
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Sobhy

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0537

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. 59560
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. 51538
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 277
P.Cair.Zen.Cairo Zenon Papyri
59560

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Papyrus fragment of a letter from Apollonius to Zenon

Category:

Written documents, manuscripts, papyri

Date:

Graeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Period, date of reception: 26 december 254 CE

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Fayoum, Kom El-Haman (Kom El-Kharaba El-Kebir / Philadelphia)

Material(s):

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

Length:

26 cm;

Width:

13 cm

Hall:

Islamic Antiquities, showcase M5

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

References

Campbell Cowan Edgar, Zenon Papyri, vol. 4, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire 90, No. 59801-59853 (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1971): 22-23.

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