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Caption

Aramaic. Aramaic Papyrus, Oct. 1, 399 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Overall: 5 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (12.8 × 24.2 cm) Glass: 8 x 13 in. (20.3 x 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.151. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Culture

Aramaic

Title

Aramaic Papyrus

Date

Oct. 1, 399 B.C.E.

Period

Late Period

Geography

Possible place made: Thebes, Egypt, Possible place made: Abydos, Egypt, Possible place made: Memphis, Egypt, Place found: Elephantine, Egypt

Medium

Papyrus, ink

Classification

Document

Dimensions

Overall: 5 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (12.8 × 24.2 cm) Glass: 8 x 13 in. (20.3 x 33 cm)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

47.218.151

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