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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