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Greek Papyrus

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This page of papyrus, which comes from the town of Oxyrhynchus (P.Oxy. VIII 1115) and which dates to the 11 january in the year 281 A.D., is a request to the strategist of the oxyrhynchite nome on the part of a guild of bread merchants to state a copy of a bill true to the original.

Present location

KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS

Inventory number

E.6009

Dating

ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site

EL-BAHNASA

Category

PAPYRUS

Material

PAPYRUS

Technique

DOVETAIL (JOINT); WRITTEN WITH A REED PEN/REED WITH SPLIT NIB

Height

23.5 cm

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