<em>Papyrus Inscribed in Demotic</em>, 664–404 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 10 1/16 x 12 3/16 in. (25.5 x 31 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour, 35.659 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.659_front_IMLS_PS5.jpg)

Papyrus Inscribed in Demotic

Medium: Papyrus, ink

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:664–404 B.C.E.

Dimensions: Glass: 10 1/16 x 12 3/16 in. (25.5 x 31 cm) Object: 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (18.4 x 26 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 35.659

Image: CUR.35.659_front_IMLS_PS5.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
The papyrus is fragmentary and has numerous gaps. Recto has 9 lines of text beginning with an epistolary greeting to Ptah. The verso has 10-11 lines of text, possibly a petition; the relationship of the recto texts to those of the verso is uncertain.

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