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

P.Penn. Museum inv.E16242 Letter

Title

Letter

Call number

P.Penn. Museum inv.E16242
(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Ellen W. Harrison Collection.)

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Language

English; Arabic; Coptic

Origin

9th-10th CE
Place
Egypt

Summary

Side 1: Fragment of a private letter. Side 2: Unidentified. Eleven broken lines from the right middle side of a Coptic document.

Notes

Extent

11.7 x 11.4 cm

Support

Papyrus

Layout

  • Text is on both sides. Side 1: 5 lines written with the fibers. Side 2: 11 lines written against the fibers. Top, left, and right margins of Side 1 are intact; no margins of Side 2 are visible.
  • Provenance

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    fol. 1r
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    fol. 1v
    13587_0001.tif (40.8 MB)
    13587_0001_thumb.jpg (7.0 KB)
    13587_0001_web.jpg (321.6 KB)