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Fragments of a papyrus relating to a long-term sale of wine
This fragment of a papyrus in Greek found in Oxyrhynchos dates from 6/15 april 423 and relates a long-term sale of wine. The delivery of 500 wine jars was for an "Excellence" of the city. Oxyrhynchos, once the prosperous capital of a province in Middle Egypt, is known for the discovery of numerous papyri . The majority are administrative documents written in Greek, but there are also letters, as w…
Contributors
- Egyptian
Subject
- Archaeological artifact
- archaeological objects
Type of item
- Papyrus
- Collection Egypt
- Papyrus
Date
- 0423
Contributors
- Egyptian
Subject
- Archaeological artifact
- archaeological objects
Type of item
- Papyrus
- Collection Egypt
- Papyrus
Date
- 0423
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Royal Museums of Art and History
Places
- Historical geographical reference > Unknown
- Geographical Reference > Africa > North Africa > Egypt > Upper Egypt (region) > Al-Minya (governorate) > Behnasa (Oxyrhynchus)
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire/84231
- E.07201
- 84231
Extent
- Dimensions H x L x P: 22.2 x 8.2 cm
Format
- Papyrus
- Papyrus
Is part of
- Europeana Archaeology
Year
- 423
Providing country
- Belgium
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-10-30T19:11:00.869Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-09-30T13:52:53.718Z