papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10686,2
- Title
- Object: Papyrus Chester Beatty 6
- Description
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Papyrus Chester Beatty VI; sheet 2; Hieratic text both sides: medical treatise.
Recto 7-8, Verso 1-2.
- Dimensions
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Length: 55.50 centimetres (frame)
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Width: 24.20 centimetres (frame)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Under study by Susanne Beck (London).
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Published:
Gardiner, Hieratic Papyri Vol. 1, p. 53-4. Vol. 2. Plates 31 & 31A, Recto 7; Plates 32 & 32 A, Recto 8, Verso 1-2.
(Recto = Medical Prescriptions, Verso = Fragments of Magical Text)
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: fractured, fragile
Black ink
Red ink
Tabbed: kraft paper
Displayed in Room 62 until 1997
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: leather
Object Priority: B
Mount Priority: A
Overall Condition: B
Curatorial condition comment:
fair
- Acquisition date
- 1930
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10686,2
- Registration number
- 1930,0710.5.2
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.2
