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Papyrus Sheet Translated

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:26 pm
by Winged Isis
A large papyrus sheet discovered in Egypt in 1934 and dating to the 5th-6th century A.D. has been translated for the first time and consists of a prayer, some of which would have been inscribed on a physical object to make what is known as a textual amulet.

archaeology.org/…/…/6694-trenches-egypt-lisht-papyrus-prayer

(Metropolitan Museum of Art/Public Domain)