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  2. Diary of Merer - Wikipedia

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    Diary of Merer. The Diary of Merer (also known as Papyrus Jarf) is the name for papyrus logbooks written over 4,500 years ago by Merer, a middle-ranking official with the title inspector (sḥḏ, sehedj). They are the oldest known papyri with text, dating to the 26th year [1] of the reign of Pharaoh Khufu (reigned in the early 26th century BC ...

  3. List of papyri from ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Photo of ancient papyrus document, showing vertical and horizontal striations from the strips of pith of the papyrus plant. This list of papyri from ancient Egypt includes some of the better known individual papyri written in hieroglyphs, hieratic, demotic or in ancient Greek. Excluded are papyri found abroad or containing Biblical texts which ...

  4. Joseph Smith Papyri - Wikipedia

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    A portion of the Joseph Smith Papyri. The Joseph Smith Papyri (JSP) are Egyptian funerary papyrus fragments from ancient Thebes dated between 300 and 100 BC which, along with four mummies, were once owned by Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Smith purchased the mummies and papyrus documents from a traveling exhibitor ...

  5. Papyrus - Wikipedia

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    Papyrus (/ pəˈpaɪrəs / pə-PY-rəs) is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ankient times as a writing surface. It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge. [1] Papyrus (plural: papyri or papyruses[2]) can also refer to a document written on sheets of such material, joined side by side and ...

  6. Ebers Papyrus - Wikipedia

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    The papyrus was written in Ancient Egypt in c. 1550 BCE, during the late Second Intermediate Period or early New Kingdom, but it is believed to have been copied from earlier Egyptian texts. The Ebers Papyrus is a 110-page scroll, which is about 20 meters long. [1]

  7. Spells for the afterlife found on 52-foot papyrus scroll from ...

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    After an initial blank space, the papyrus’ first scene shows Ahmose worshiping Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the dead, researchers said. The rest of the scroll includes 150 columns written ...

  8. History of scrolls - Wikipedia

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    A scroll (from the Old French escroe or escroue) is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing. [1] The history of scrolls dates back to ancient Egypt. In most ancient literate cultures scrolls were the earliest format for longer documents written in ink or paint on a flexible background, preceding bound books; [2] rigid media ...

  9. Turin Erotic Papyrus - Wikipedia

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    The Turin Erotic Papyrus (Papyrus 55001, also called the Erotic Papyrus or even Turin Papyrus) is an ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll-painting that was created during the Ramesside Period, approximately in 1150 B.C. [1] [2] Discovered in Deir el-Medina in the early 19th century, it has been dubbed the "world's first men's mag" [citation needed].

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