Reproduction
manuscripts (object)
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
The first of eight frames containing a mass of paper and papyrus fragments bearing writing, previously stored in crumpled condition within a brown envelope addressed to Petrie at Oxyrhynchus. Papyrus was conserved in 2003 into eight frames. This frame contains fragments of papyrus bearing some Kufic inscriptions, and seems to be part of a contract or receipt (9th-10th C. AD).
Oxyrhynchus
according to old storage envelope
Islamic Period
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
envelope height: 13.2 cms
envelope width: 24.8 cms
papyrus paper size of largest piece height: 14.0 cms
papyrus paper size of largest piece width: 8.5 cms
Frame height: 30.5 cms
Frame width: 30.5 cms
Frame depth: 0.7 cms
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
LDUCE-UC71032i
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
