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Two papyrus fragments bearing a novel (P.S.I. 981)
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Mounir

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0569

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. 47992
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 1096
PSIPapiri greci e latini
Greek and Latin Papyri. 981

where to find

Storeroom

Two papyrus fragments bearing a novel (P.S.I. 981)

Category:

Written documents, manuscripts, papyri

Date:

Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period (31 BCE-395 CE)

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Minya, Bahnasa (Oxyrhynchus)

Material(s):

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

Length:

15 cm;

Width:

7.5 cm

where to find:

Storeroom

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

References

Susan A. Stephens and John J. Winkler, eds., Ancient Greek Novels: The Fragments: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary, Princeton Legacy Library (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press: 2014): 271-276.

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