Papyrus fragment with Greek inscription
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Papyrus fragment with Greek inscription

Papyrus fragment with Greek inscription

Culture
Graeco-Egyptian (culture)
Dimensions
4.3 × 3.3 cm
Period
Ptolemaic period (323–30)
Material
papyrus; stucco
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
56.114.A
ID
Hyp-487
Condition
Fragment.

Papyrus fragment from a cartonnage coffin, originally from Gamhud, Egypt. The recto (front side) of the papyrus shows the fragment of one line of a Greek inscription. Further above, traces of illegible letters. On the verso (back side), remains of painted stucco.

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