Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Demotic

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Caption

Demotic. Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Demotic, 305–30 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Largest Fragment: 3 3/8 × 1 in. (8.5 × 2.5 cm) Glass: 4 x 4 1/2 in. (10.1 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.147. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Culture

Demotic

Title

Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Demotic

Date

305–30 B.C.E.

Period

Ptolemaic Period

Geography

Place made: Egypt

Medium

Papyrus, ink

Classification

Document

Dimensions

Largest Fragment: 3 3/8 × 1 in. (8.5 × 2.5 cm) Glass: 4 x 4 1/2 in. (10.1 x 11.5 cm)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

47.218.147

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