Greek Papyrus fragment - Recto

Greek Papyrus fragment - Verso

Recto

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Verso

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Documentary Text


Egypt, Ptolemaic Period
(332 - 30 B.C.E.)








Papyrus Dimensions:


      2.4 cm wide x 4.4 cm high
     
Description:

     Small rectangular fragment from a papyrus document.
     Incomplete documentary text.
     
Recto

    
      Two lines of text written in black ink.
      Written in a fine Greek script.
      The writing is along the fibers.
    
 
     
Verso
     
      Three (?) fragmentary lines of text.
      Written in black ink.
      Written in a Greek (?) script.
      The writing is across the fibers.
     

Note:

     This fragment was recovered from the cartonnage 
     of a Ptolemaic Period mummy mask. *
     The fragment is mounted in glass.


     *  View Demotic Fragments and a Greek Fragment
     recovered from the same mummy mask.
    
 








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