Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 31359

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  • Papyrus:
    Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 31359
  • Editions:

    unpublished


  • Inventory:
    Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JdE 31359
  • TM: 68798
    LDAB: 10070
    MP3:
  • Find Place:
    Bakchias
  • Origin:
    Bakchias
  • Acquisition:
    Excavation
  • Notes on Provenance and Acquisition:

    Recovered in 1896 during the Egypt Exploration Fund excavation campaign at Bakchias (Grenfell-Hunt-Hogarth 1900; Capasso 2008). Erroneously attributed to Soknopaiou Nesos in Brashear-Hoogendijk 1990 and Capasso 2005 (the incorrect information derives from the Journal d’Entrée of the Cairo’s Egyptian Museum: Capasso 2008).


  • Bibliography:

    B.P. Grenfell-A.S. Hunt-D.G. Hogarth, Fayûm towns and their papyri (London 1900), 39-40; W.M. Brashear-F.A.J. Hoogendijk, “Corpus Tabularum Lignearum Ceratarumque Aegyptiarum”, Enchoria 17 (1990) 21-54, 35 (catalogue only); M. Capasso, “Libri, autori e pubblico a Soknopaiou Nesos. Secondo contributo alla storia della cultura letteraria del Fayyum in epoca greca e romana. I”, in S. Lippert, M. Schentuleit (Hrsg.), Tebtynis und Soknopaiu Nesos. Leben im römerzeitlichen Fajum. Akten des Internationalen Symposions vom 11. Bis 13. Dezember 2003 in Sommerhausen bei Würzburg (Wiesbaden 2005) 1-17, 7; M. Capasso, “Libri, autori e pubblico a Soknopaiou Nesos. Secondo contributo alla storia della cultura letteraria del Fayyum in epoca greca e romana. II”, in S.L. Lippert, M. Schentulheit (curr.), Proceedings of the Fayum Symposion: Graeco-Roman Fayum. Texts and Archaeology (Wiesbaden 2008) 45-54, 45 n. 1; K.A. Worp, A New Survey of Greek, Coptic, Demotic and Latin Tabulae Preserved from Classical Antiquity (Leyde-Leuven 2012  = Trismegistos  Online  Publications 6), nr. 71 (catalogue with descr.).


  • Record Author:
    Martina Savio
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  • Date:
    AD I
    Objective elements:
  • Date notes:

    Brashear-Hoogendijk 1990


General Datation Physical features Contents
  • Material:
    wood
  • Cartonnage:
  • Reused:
  • Bookform:
    Tablet
  • Number of fragments:
    1
  • Dimensions:
    1 : 25 x 14
  • Number of Plates:
    1
  • Other Bibliological Features:

    Waxed wooden tablet

  • Possible Reconstructions:
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  • Genres:
    school exercises and writing exercises
  • Known author present:
  • Text:

    Copying exercise of the Greek alphabet letters (Grenfell-Hunt-Hogarth 1900)


  • Quoted Authors and Text Present: