Papyrus fragment with Greek inscription
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Papyrus fragment with Greek inscription

Papyrus fragment with Greek inscription

Culture
Graeco-Egyptian (culture)
Dimensions
7.9 × 6.1 cm
Period
Ptolemaic period (323–30)
Material
papyrus
Inscription
Greek (language)
Production place
Gamhud?
Findspot
Gamhud?; burial
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Back, Fülöp (1862–1958); Budapest, Hungarian National Museum
Inventory
56.97.A
ID
Hyp-470
Condition
Fragment.

Papyrus fragment from a cartonnage coffin, originally from Gamhud, Egypt. On the recto (front side),  fragments of the lower part of two columns are visible. Three full lines and an additional fragmentary one are preserved from the left column; while two full lines and two partial ones remain from the right column. There are traces of painted stucco on the verso (back side).

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