Papyrus Inscribed in Greek
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Papyrus, pigment
DATES
February 1 or February 2, 213–217 C.E.
PERIOD
Roman Period
DIMENSIONS
Glass: 5 1/2 x 8 7/16 in. (14 x 21.5 cm)
Object: 3 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (8 x 14 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
16.617
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
16.617r - Conclusion of a Document (7 lines)
16.617v - Letter of Serenus (13 lines)
Fragmentary papyrus inscribed in Greek on both the recto and the verso. The recto contains seven lines of text that comprise the end of a contract now lost. The verso has twelve lines of text comprising the beginnings of a private letter. The address of the letter is written along the left margin of the recto.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Papyrus Inscribed in Greek, February 1 or February 2, 213–217 C.E. Papyrus, pigment, Glass: 5 1/2 x 8 7/16 in. (14 x 21.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.617 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.617_recto_IMLS_PS5.jpg)
IMAGE
recto,
CUR.16.617_recto_IMLS_PS5.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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