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Two fragments of a petition to the Empress Theodora
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Mounir

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0574

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. 67354
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. 45446
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 2342
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. 67354

where to find

Storeroom

Two fragments of a petition to the Empress Theodora

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:

30 cm;

Width:

11.8 cm

where to find:

Storeroom

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

References

Roberta Mazza, “Ricerche Sul Pagarca Nell'Egitto Tardoantico E Bizantino”, Aegyptus 75, no. 1/2 (1995): 202.

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