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Fragments of literary and documentary texts (8)

Title	Fragments of literary and documentary texts (8)
Publication Date:	4th to 2nd century BC
Type	Document
Language	Egyptian (Ancient)
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	306 mm x 408 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Pap XXXII
Library Location	Egyptian Papyrus collection
Date	4th to 2nd century BC
Notes	Fragments of papyrus preserving literary and documentary texts written in demotic in Egypt, mostly dated to the 4th and 3rd century BC. Fragments 1, 2, 5 and 8 probably belong to the same text, a narrative tale that mentions the great one of the east. Fragment 3 is a contract, fragment 4 may be from a letter, fragment 6 is an account, possibly Ptolemaic or Roman and fragment 7 is mostly illegible.
Materyal	Papyrus (material), Ink (material)
Nesne Adı	Papyrus fragment
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	Unknown, Egypt
Yazı Tipi	Demotic script

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Fragments of literary and documentary texts (8)

Publication Date 4th to 2nd century BC

Type Document

Language Egyptian (Ancient)

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 306 mm x 408 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Pap XXXII

Library Location Egyptian Papyrus collection

Date 4th to 2nd century BC

Notes Fragments of papyrus preserving literary and documentary texts written in demotic in Egypt, mostly dated to the 4th and 3rd century BC. Fragments 1, 2, 5 and 8 probably belong to the same text, a narrative tale that mentions the great one of the east. Fragment 3 is a contract, fragment 4 may be from a letter, fragment 6 is an account, possibly Ptolemaic or Roman and fragment 7 is mostly illegible.

Materyal Papyrus (material), Ink (material)

Nesne Adı Papyrus fragment

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Unknown, Egypt

Yazı Tipi Demotic script