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Myrrh Accounts

Myrrh Accounts
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Myrrh Accounts

Category:
Written documents, manuscripts, papyri
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Period, 257 BCE
Provenance:
Upper Egypt, Fayoum, Kom El-Haman (Kom El-Kharaba El-Kebir / Philadelphia)
Material(s):
Organic material, fiber (from plants/animals), papyrus
Length:
31.5 cm;
Width:
21 cm
Hall:
Islamic Antiquities, showcase M4



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): 120.
  • Zahi Hawass, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Archaeology Museum (Cairo: The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 97-98.
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 240-241, 334.
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