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Papyrus bearing a Christian female’s prayer
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Mounir

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0505

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. 10696
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 1671
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 1672
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 1673
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 1674

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showcase M5

Papyrus bearing a Christian female’s prayer

Category:

Written documents, manuscripts, papyri

Date:

Byzantine Period, 5th - 6th cent. CE

Provenance:

Unknown

Material(s):

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

Length:

6.4 cm;

Width:

26.4 cm

Hall:

Islamic Antiquities, showcase M5

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

References

Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, Greek Papyri, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire 10, nos. 10001-10869 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1903): 85, no. 10696.

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