Amherst Egyptian Papyrus 8.1.
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Accession number:
Amh. Egy. Pap. 8.1
Title:
Amherst Egyptian Papyrus 8.1.
Created:
Egypt, Ptolemaic period? (305-30 B.C.)
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description:
1 pane of glass containing 2 papyrus fragments ; 4 x 2 in.; 8 1/2 x 8 in.
Provenance:
Lord Amherst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Perhaps originally formed part of a geographical treatise, portions of which are preserved in the Gizeh Museum and among the private collection of Mr. Hood of Nettleham Hall in Lincolnshire.
Related fragments: Amh. Egy. Pap. 8.2, Amh. Egy. Pap. 8.3, Amh. Egy. Pap. 8.4, Amh. Egy. Pap. 8.5.
Script:
hieroglyphic, hieratic
Language:
Egyptian
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