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Reed pen

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Well-preserved reed pen or stylus, a Greek-style writing implement, from the great city founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian at the site where his lover Antinous drowned in the Nile, and named after him Antinoopolis. The city became the dominant provincial city of Upper Egypt, and flourished throughout the Byzantine Period.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1914:218

Dating

BYZANTINE PERIOD

Archaeological Site

EL-SHEIKH `ABADA/ANTINOOPOLIS

Category

PEN

Material

REED

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