Accession No
TEMP.00119
Description
Papyrus - Fragments of papyrus, many with Greek text in black ink and others in Demotic text in black ink. One fragment appears to be in the Coptic language using Greek letters.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt
Period
Late Roman
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00119
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Found with Z 45912, but not listed with that accession number in the accession register so they may simply have been packed together because they are both papyrus.
Event Date 21/4/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Fragments of papyrus, many with Greek text in black ink and others in Demotic text in black ink. One fragment appears to be in the Coptic language using Greek letters.
Event Date 21/4/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
On 21 April 2015, Dr Dorothy Thompson examined the papyri fragments and separated what she believed to be the fragments with Greek text from the fragments in Demotic text, and they have been boxed accordingly. She also found what might be a fragment in the Coptic language using Greek text.
Event Date 22/4/2015
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (CMS Context)
Label found with this idno and TEMP.00120 appears to list them both: 'Fragments of papyrus. Hieroglyphic Book of the Dead. Demotic + Greek.'
Event Date 22/4/2015
Author: Imogen Gunn
FM:268129
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