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

P.Penn. Museum inv.E16270 Letter

Title

Letter

Call number

P.Penn. Museum inv.E16270
(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; Coptic; Arabic

Origin

4th-9th CE

Place: Egypt

Summary

Side 1: Coptic papyrus of unknown specific content. Side 2: Right middle of a private letter (in Arabic).

Notes

The papyrus is stained at various places and has been cut to current size.
Identifier(s): upenn.apis.113.

Extent

16.4 x 15.3 cm

Support

Papyrus

Layout

Text is on both sides: Side 1 has 10 lines written with the fibers; Side 2 has 9 lines written against the fibers. On Side 1, the only margin intact is the right margin. On Side 2, the only margin intact is the left margin.

Provenance

Purchased from Professor Bernhard Moritz of Cairo through W.M. Mueller, 1910.

Subjects topical

Documentary
Letter

Licenses

Text

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URL

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode
Text

Metadata is ©2023 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

URL

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

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