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A Business Letter From The Egyptian Museum, Mohamed Abdou Elsaid

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En) The current paper is an edition of unpublished Greek documentary papyrus from Cairo Museum under glass 86 of the S(pecial) R(egister) Nr. 3049 with inv. 161. This papyrus is from Tampemou (Oxyrhynchite nome) and dates back to third Century A.D. This papyrus text is a business letter. The letter preserved some details about transport of sheep made by the official who travelled south to Tampemou in the eastern toparchy of the Oxyrhynchite Nome. The verso contains two lists of the landowners, and the amounts of wheat recorded after their names. The purpose of amounts of wheat on the verso …

Four Greek Ostraca In The Egyptian Museum In Cairo, Magdy Aly

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En)

The paper is an edition of four unpublished Greek documentary ostraca that form part of a larger collection in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. This group of four is divided into two sub-groups, which are housed on the third floor of the Egyptian Museum, in room D3East. The ostraca were brought to the museum on January 25th 1955 from the region of Thebes, and specifically from either Elephantine or Syene, sites mentioned in some of the ostraca, including O. N°. 20b discussed here. The four ostraca presented here have the same inventory number, S.R.18953. The editor has assigned a …