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Collection ID: 0016 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

P.Penn. Museum inv.E02767 Notice of Death

Title

Notice of Death

Authors

Call number

P.Penn. Museum inv.E02767
(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology collection)

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Language

English; Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Origin

37 CE
Place
Kasr-el Banat (Fayum)

Summary

Accouncement of death sent respectively to the village scribe and the scribes of the metropolis by relatives of the deceased person. Follows the same general formula as that of similar documents already published. (Grenfell and Hunt)

Notes

Extent

8.3 x 28.7 cm

Support

Papyrus

Layout

  • Text is on one side only, 25 lines written with the fibers.
  • Provenance

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