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Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Demotic or Aramaic

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Aramaic
MEDIUM Papyrus, ink
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 332–30 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Ptolemaic Period
    DIMENSIONS Largest Fragment #1: 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (6.5 × 4 cm) Largest Fragment #2: 3 9/16 × 13/16 in. (9 × 2 cm)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 47.218.44
    CREDIT LINE Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION 50 or more fragments from demotic contracts. The largest are pieces from the same document, with text on verso in different hand. 18 or more fragments are opisthographic. Two small fragments may be written in Aramaic.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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