Museo Egizio di Torino Prov. 645
TAD A.5.3 cowley 70 CIS II 144
Metadata
- Collection
- Museo Egizio di Turino | Tur (Public)
- Genre
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- Letter
- Find Type
- Unprovenanced Acquisition
- Locus
- Unknown details.
- Created by
- James D. Moore
- Material
- papyrus
- Text Direction Side 1
- perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
- Text Direction Side 2
- parallel (∥) to the material's lines
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- References
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- Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986.
General Notes
The provenance of the papyrus is unkown, but CIS II/I p. 148 suspects it originates from Saqqara/Memphis. This seems appropriate.
From a basic look at the photograph in CIS, which is missing the verso, which is copied in TAD, the paleography resembles that of the Ahiqar papyrus more than any I have seen.
Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
Moore, James D.. 'Museo Egizio di Torino Prov. 645.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12711. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.