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Ptolemaic Period
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In Ptolemaic Egypt, waste papyrus was reused to form mummy casing or cartonnage. Before its use for burial, this papyrus was sent as a letter from Dinyosodorus to a man named Ptolemy, asking for an advance of eight drachmae.
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Title: Letter of Dionysodorus to a man named Ptolemy
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 245–244 B.C
Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Hiba (Ankyronpolis), Mummy A9, EEF excavations 1902-1903; Probably originally from Middle Egypt, Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa)
Medium: Papyrus, ink
Dimensions: L. 20.1 × W. 8.2 cm (7 15/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Framed: H. 21.5 × W. 9.4 cm (8 7/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1909
Accession Number: 09.182.45
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