Finds are dated to the Ptolemaic period (c. 300–50 BC), with a significant number of finds dated to the Early Roman Empire (c. 50 BC–250 AD) and the bulk of finds dated to the Late Roman/Early Byzantine period (c. 250–500), with some sporadic finds from the Sasanian occupation in the 7th century, and Arab Egypt as late as the 13th century.
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The [source](https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/search?groups=35280&contentTypes=project) of this image is an extensive database of papyri found at the site of Oxyrhynchus, a site located c. 150km south of the Giza pyramids along the Nile.
Finds are dated to the Ptolemaic period (c. 300–50 BC), with a significant number of finds dated to the Early Roman Empire (c. 50 BC–250 AD) and the bulk of finds dated to the Late Roman/Early Byzantine period (c. 250–500), with some sporadic finds from the Sasanian occupation in the 7th century, and Arab Egypt as late as the 13th century.
Lovely. Such an ancient profession.