41. Papyrus 1520
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Four seals of brown clay, detached from the papyrus rolls. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Twenty-five papyrus fragments from mummy cartonnage (traces of plaster), housed in the same glass frame:
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+10: Nine fragments of the same incomplete papyrus, written on both sides (22+15+7+5+3+3 lines along the fibres on recto, 35+7+8+5+2+2 lines against the fibres on verso). On the verso, the text is divided in at least three columns and part of the lower margin is visible. Wrong side up in the frame (presumably because the verso contains the most interesting text).
9: Papyrus fragment, written on one side (7 lines along the fibres), with broad left margin partly extant.
11: Papyrus fragment, written on both sides (7 lines along the fibres on recto and 5 lines against the fibres on verso).
12+13+17+18+19: Five fragments of the same incomplete papyrus, written on both sides (11+7+1 lines along the fibres on recto, 8+4 lines against the fibres on verso).
14+15: Two fragments of the same incomplete papyrus, written on one side (5+4 lines along the fibres).
16: Papyrus fragment, written on one side (2 lines along the fibres).
20+22: Two fragments of the same incomplete papyrus, written on one side (6 lines along the fibres).
21: Papyrus fragment, written on both sides (7 lines along the fibres on recto, 6 lines against the fibres on verso).
23: Papyrus fragment, written on both sides (1 line along the fibres on recto, 1 line against the fibres on verso). Wrong side up in the frame.
24: Papyrus fragment, written on one side (2 lines along the fibres).
25: Papyrus fragment, written on both sides (1 line along the fibres on recto, 1 line against the fibres on verso).
Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame:
Left fragment (A): Large fragment, written on side (17 lines along the fibres), with right margin partly extant.
Right fragment (B): Small fragment, written on one side (5 lines along the fibres).
Papyrus sheet, lacking its left portion and with minor damage along the folds. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are portions of 15 lines, lacking the beginnings. Upper, right and lower margins are preserved, with the lower margin measuring 80 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
Fragmentray papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, with holes and surface damage in places; written on one side, with the back blank. The front bears 15 lines, the first of which is very mutilated, written along the fibres; an additional line was written across the fibres in the left margin. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Nine non-contiguous fragments (labelled A-I) and a small detached scrap of a light-brown papyrus roll, displaying surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. Housed in the same glass frame.
A: Large fragment with portions of three columns lacking the top and apparently part of the lower margin; small detached scrap at the bottom;
B: Large fragment with one column of 29 lines, some of which are imperfect at the beginning;
C: Small fragment with the beginnings of 7 lines;
D: Small fragment with the central portions of 13 lines, badly abraded;
E: Small fragment with a few letters remaining from 1 line;
F: Small fragment with the central portions of 5 lines; with blank space between lines 3 and 4;
G: Small fragment with the central portions of 4 lines, in faint ink, and apparently upper margin;
H: Fragment with central portions of 11 lines; only a small trace survives of line 1 and line 11;
I: Fragment with the beginnings of 10 lines and ample blank space on the left.