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Magical papyrus fragment

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Magical papyrus fragment

Period:: Third Intermediate Period–Saite Period
Dynasty:: Dynasty 25–26
Date:: ca. 712–525 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 801 (Embalmers' cache), MMA
Medium:: Papyrus, ink
Dimensions:: 6 x 7.5 cm (2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1928
Accession Number:: 28.3.113

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 130

Provenance

Excavated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition, 1921-1922. Allotted to the Museum by the Egyptian Government in the division of finds
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What
Ink (28,327)

Fragments (15,188)

Papyrus (376)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)

Upper Egypt (13,662)

Thebes (10,570)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

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