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Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, mutilated at the top and bottom, and with some surface damage and plaster residue; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears 20 lines, the back, rotated 180 degrees, has 22 lines; the last two lines are written the other way up; the modern annotation refers to the mummy from which the papyrus comes.

Fragment of a papyrus roll, which was re-used for the text on the verso. Writing runs along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. Vertical folds are visible.

The recto preserves two columns of different length, the first, mutilated to the left, with 43 lines, the second, complete, with 28 lines. The columns were numbered on top as 35 and 36. The intercolumn measures 20-27 mm, the lower margin 43 mm, the upper 24 mm, and the right 25 mm.

The back has one column written upside down in relation to the text on the front, with long lines mutilated to the right. The upper, left and lower margins measure 20, 20, 60 mm respectively. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. VI.

The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

Fragmentary papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom and damaged at the top; with breaks along the folding lines; traces of plaster remain. Writing runs across the fibres on the front, and along them on the back. The front bears 7 lines and traces of another line at the bottom; upper and left margins measure c. 30 mm; the right margin is minimal. The back bears one column of three lines and a word next to it, located in the left-hand portion. The text is written upside down in relation to the front. The modern annotation indicates the mummy from which the papyrus comes. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

Four papyrus fragments from mummy cartonnage, written on one side along the fibres, the back bearing no writing, and mounted in the same glass case.

Upper papyrus (Papyrus 565): Top of a sheet, with surface damage in the preserved portion; 9 lines remain, some of which fragmentary and rubbed; side and upper margins survive.

Second and third papyrus (Papyrus 564) from top: Two fragments, presumably from the same sheet. The first preserves the upper portion of the sheet, and lacks the upper right corner; with 6 lines; of the first 3 lines only the beginnings remain; upper and left margins survive, right margin minimal. Papyrus 564 lacks part of its right portion, and is damaged and rubbed throughout; it bears 20 lines.

Lower papyrus: Fragment of a sheet, with 6 lines, complete with the exception of line 1, which is fragmentary. Side margins are extant.

Two fragments of a mid-brown papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage; broken off at the bottom (front), with traces of plaster, especially on the back, and minor surface damage in places; written on both sides. The front bears one column of 26 lines written across the fibres, with a gap between lines 18 and 19. Side margins are minimal; the upper margin measures 15 mm. The modern annotation indicates the mummy from which the papyrus comes. The back has one word written along the fibres in the lower right corner, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

Lower portion of a papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, the upper portion of which is Papyrus 524; broken vertically in the middle and with holes and traces of plaster in places. In this portion there are 11 lines running across the fibres, with a small trace of ink at the bottom. The full text comprises 22 lines on the front. The lower margin measures c. 25 mm, the left between 10 and 15 mm; no margin was left to the right. The modern annotation at the bottom indicates the mummy the papyrus comes from. 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 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.