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Papyrus bearing a protocol on the recto, and two poems of Dioscoros on the verso
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Sobhy

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0573

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. 67316
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. 40467
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 2321
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. 67316

where to find

Storeroom

Papyrus bearing a protocol on the recto, and two poems of Dioscoros on the verso

Category:

Written documents, manuscripts, papyri

Date:

Byzantine Period, 6th Cent. CE

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Minya, El-Sheikh 'Abada (Antinoopolis)

Material(s):

Organic material, fiber (from plants/animals), palm branches/ fibers

Length:

53.2 cm;

Width:

29.6 cm

where to find:

Storeroom

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

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