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

References

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

On display

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