Papyrus / fragment

Description

Fragment of papyrus inscribed in Greek with part of a medical treatise: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Oxyrhynchus, Roman period, early 3rd century AD

Museum reference

A.1906.604 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Papyrus / fragment

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Early 3rd century

Materials

Papyrus

Physical description

Papyrus

Collection place(s)

Oxyrhynchus, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Grenfell and Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri III, London, 1903, no. 468

On display

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