Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Demotic or Aramaic

Aramaic

Caption

Aramaic. Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Demotic or Aramaic, 332–30 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, 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). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.44.

Culture

Aramaic

Title

Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Demotic or Aramaic

Date

332–30 B.C.E.

Period

Ptolemaic Period

Geography

Place made: Egypt

Medium

Papyrus, ink

Classification

Document

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)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

47.218.44

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