Medical Text Inscribed in Hieratic

664–525 B.C.E.

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Caption

Medical Text Inscribed in Hieratic, 664–525 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, e: Glass: 14 3/16 × 24 5/8 in. (36 × 62.5 cm) e: Largest Fragment: 9 3/4 × 21 9/16 in. (24.7 × 54.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.2a-g. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Medical Text Inscribed in Hieratic

Date

664–525 B.C.E.

Dynasty

Dynasty 26, or later

Period

Late Period, probably Saite Period

Geography

Possible place made: Thebes, Egypt, Possible place made: Elephantine, Egypt

Medium

Papyrus, ink

Classification

Document

Dimensions

e: Glass: 14 3/16 × 24 5/8 in. (36 × 62.5 cm) e: Largest Fragment: 9 3/4 × 21 9/16 in. (24.7 × 54.7 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

Accession Number

47.218.2a-g

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