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Report addressed to the Empress Theodora by the inhabitants of Aphrodito
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Mounir

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0571

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. 67283
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. 40455
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 2289
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. 67283

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showcase M5

Report addressed to the Empress Theodora by the inhabitants of Aphrodito

Category:

Written documents, manuscripts, papyri

Date:

Byzantine Period, 527 - 548 CE

Provenance:

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

Material(s):

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

Length:

190 cm;

Width:

30.5 cm

Hall:

Islamic Antiquities, showcase M5

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

References

Jane Rowlandson et al.,eds., Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt: A Sourcebook (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998): 46-47.

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