Late Ptolemaic Period (305 - 30 BCE) Papyrus Scroll with Demotic Script on Stand Artwork Circa: 3rd - 1st Century

Circa: 3rd - 1st Century BCE

food lays strewn across while the dog eats happily beside the men

where the temple of Ephesus sits

and very large at 9” in diameter

it also exhibits gorgeous sculptural appeal

Late Ptolemaic Period (305 - 30 BCE) Papyrus Scroll with Demotic Script on Stand Artwork Circa: 3rd - 1st CenturyOriginates from: Egypt Era: Late Ptolemaic Period (305 30 BCE) Dimensions: 4 W x 4 H (on stand) x 2. 5 D An incredible survivor, this beautiful papyrus scroll, dating to the late Ptolemaic period (305 30 BCE), exhibiting demotic script, an early Egyptian writing system used for administrative and commercial purpose as shorthand to hieroglyphs has newly arrived to the gallery. Rolled in scroll form, not unfurled for millennia. As much a piece of