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Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, complete but with some surface damage and plaster residue; writing runs across the fibres on the front, with 11 complete lines. Margins are minimal. The back bears one word written along the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame; a small opening shows the text on the back.

Long and narrow papyrus slip extracted from mummy cartonnage, damaged at the bottom, with holes in the upper portion and plaster residue; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is a column of 16 lines, with blank space between lines 14 and 15. The upper margin is extant, no margin was left at the sides. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet in the left margin, with the right-hand sheet being on top of the left-hand sheet. The modern annotation at the top indicates the mummy from which the papyrus derives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Two joining fragments of a papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue in the upper fragment and some surface damage in places. The front bears 10 lines written across the fibres; the upper and lower margins measure 20 and 15 mm respectively. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Fragment of a papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off to the left and damaged at the bottom; with surface damage in places. The front bears portions of 12 lines running across the fibres, mutilated at the beginning; two blanks of 15 and 20 mm separate lines 3 and 4 and 4 and 5 respectively. Upper and lower margins measure c. 35 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, lacking the lower left corner, with plaster residue and some surface damage in places. Writing runs across the fibres on the front. There are 11 lines, few of which lack the beginnings. Upper and lower margins measure c. 20 mm; the left margin survives opposite lines 1-5 and measures 15 mm. No margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Fragmentary papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with one third being lost to the right (front); with plaster residue and breaks along the folds. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides. The front bears one column of 22 lines lacking the ends; a sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet in the right edge; the upper margin measures 25 mm, the left and lower c. 10 mm. The back has one column of 2 lines and a word next to it written in the left-hand portion. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

Fragment of a papyrus slip from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue, lacking the left-hand portion and with surface damage. It was folded in half. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The ends of 5 lines remain, with a modern annotation at the top, indicating the mummy case from which the papyrus derives. A small fragment has been inserted upside down in the gap in line 2, amd does not belong to the papyrus. Upper and lower margins measure 20 mm and 10 mm respectively; the right margin is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Fragments of two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, from mummy cartonnage, bearing writing on both sides; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame, with two openings showing the text on the back.

Upper papyrus (A): Broken off at the bottom and damaged along the edges; covered with plaster residue; 9 lines written along the fibres on the front, with only few traces of the last; on the back there is one word running along the fibres. Left and upper margins measure c.10 mm.

Lower papyrus (B): Broken off to the right and damaged at the top and left; the original papyrus might have been 320 mm wide, in which case slightly half of the text would be lost. On the front there are 5 lines written across the fibres, with upper, lower and left margins measuring c.15 mm; on the back there is one word running along the fibres, written the other way up in relation to the text on the front.

Two larger fragments (A-B) and three detached scraps (C-E) of a papyrus slip from mummy cartonnage, which broke along the vertical fold. Writing runs across the fibres on the front and along them on the back; the back bears traces of one column with 3 lines in the left part, and one word next to it. On the front there 4 lines, mutilated. Margins are extant; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.