Ancient Egyptian papyrus from Faiyum dated 100 – 1 BC

Fragment of papyrus with seven lines of Greek text. Order to sitologus for payment. Order from Onnophris, scribe, to Acusilaus, sitologus, to pay, possibly two, artabae of wheat. With date below.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1903.61.1
  • Material: papyrus
  • Culture: Ptolemaic Dynasty
  • Period: Ptolemaic Period
  • Dated: 100 - 1 BC
  • Object name: papyrus
  • Dimensions: Length: 204mm , Width: 152mm , Depth: 5mm
  • Published references: Grenfell Hunt & Hogarth Fayum Towns and their Papyri p 296 CXLVI
  • Site: Faiyum
  • Latitude: 29.308374
  • Longitude: 30.844105