Letter

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33165325

Description

Title
Letter
Published / Created
Ptolemaic BCE 253, Apr 5 [BPG, CBW]
Abstract

Deinon to the toparch Harimouthes, concerning native soldiers and harvesters

Description
Greek, Egyptian\Demotic
Provenance
Acquired by gift and purchase, 1889-2005. Acquisition information is recorded in each individual description and on the Library’s Web site, here: https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/research-teaching/doing-research-beinecke/introduction-yale-papyrus-collection/guide-yale-papyrus#Acquisition, The Yale Papyrus Collection was held by the Yale University Library from 1899 to 1930, when it was moved to the Department of Classics. The collection was transferred from the Department of Classics to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library gradually between 1964 and 1967. A group of items including wax tablets and mummy tags (P.CtYBR inv.4971-4985) was transferred from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History to the Beinecke Library in 1996., Acquisition Information, 1906: Donated by the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1906. From the Egypt Exploration Fund's excavations. P.CtYBR inv. 20-27, 28 (?), 29 (?), 38, 44-49, 65-69, 2189 (?).
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Egyptian

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
YPC
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Container / Volume
box P.CtYBR inv. 20 qua

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Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Citation
P.CtYBR inv. [#]. Yale Papyrus Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Object ID (OID)
33165325

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