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Receipt of a waterwheel (Sakieh)

Receipt of a waterwheel (Sakieh)
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Mounir

where to find


Storeroom

Receipt of a waterwheel (Sakieh)

Category:
Written documents, manuscripts, papyri
Date:
Byzantine Period, 587 CE
Provenance:
Upper Egypt, Minya, Bahnasa (Oxyrhynchus)
Material(s):
Organic material, fiber (from plants/animals), papyrus
Length:
30.2 cm;
Width:
12.6 cm
where to find:
Storeroom



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

References
  • John Peter Oleson, Greek and Roman Mechanical Water-Lifting Devices: The History of a Technology (Switzerland: Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 1984): 161.
  • Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, eds., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. 16, Egypt Exploration Society (London: The Office of the Egypt Exploration Society, 1924): 228.
  • Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire: nos 10001-10869: Greek Papyri, vol. 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1903): 10.
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