Papyri from El-Hibneh

This material is held atCambridge University Library

  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Add.4461-4466
  • Dates of Creation
    • 280-240 BC
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 6 item(s) 6 items (fragments papyrus)

Scope and Content

Papyri from El-Hibneh

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Presented by the president and committee of the Egypt Exploration fund as part of the distribution of cartonnage from the Ptolemaic necropolis of El-Hibeh

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Bibliography

All the papyri are described in B. P Grenfell and A. S. Hunt, 'The Hibeh Papyri' I (London, 1906)