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Two papyrus fragments, the first bears prose by Thucydides (I), and the second a Callimachus hymn (46-54, 79-84)
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Aly

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0570

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. 47993
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 1097

where to find

Storeroom

Two papyrus fragments, the first bears prose by Thucydides (I), and the second a Callimachus hymn (46-54, 79-84)

Category:

Written documents, manuscripts, papyri

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Minya, Bahnasa (Oxyrhynchus)

Material(s):

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

Length:

9 cm;

Width:

6.5 cm

where to find:

Storeroom

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

References

Mamdouh Eldamaty and Mai Trad, eds., Egyptian Museum Collections Around the World, foreword by Zahi Hawass (Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 569-570.

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