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Papyrus sheet, long and narrow, with light-coloured patches; damaged by breaks along the horizontal folds. Writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back; the back bears two columns of 2 and 3 lines respectively. On the front there is one column of 32 lines, the last of which is slightly indented and separated by paragraphus and some blank space. Margins are extant, with the side being minimal, and the lower wide. A sheet-join running along the height of the sheet is visible at c. 20-25 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

Light-brown papyrus roll, complete and well-preserved, made of four sheets; the first sheet displays vertical fibres and was left blank; the other sheets, with horizontal fibres, bear writing along the fibres; the back is blank. There is one wide column of 15 lines, complete; blank space separates lines 3 and 4,10 and 11, and 14 and 15. All margins are extant; three sheet-joins are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Fragments of a papyrus, written on both sides along the fibres. The back bears one line in demotic; the front preserves portions of ten lines, very mutilated. Parts of upper and lower margins survive. The fragments are mounted in a glass case.

Papyrus sheet, complete, with few holes and some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one wide column of 15 lines, the last of which is written in the right part of the sheet. All margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Fragments of a papyrus, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the top of one wide column, of which portions of 12 lines remain. The upper margin survives to 50 mm, the other margins are lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Papyrus roll made up of three sheets, well-preserved and almost complete, only lacking the bottom right corner and displaying some holes and minor surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front there is one wide column of 11 lines, under which there is a line, indented, and another small and narrow column of 6 lines. Margins survive. There are two sheet-joins running along the height of the roll. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Papyrus sheet, with breaks along the vertical folds and lacking the bottom left corner, but well-preserved as to the rest. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having one column of three short lines in the middle of the left margin and one line in the right-hand half of the sheet. On the front there is one column of 22 lines. All margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, mounted on cardboard in a glass frame. Additional fragments are in Heidelberg, at the Institut für Papyrologie, inventoried as P. G 1283 and P. G 1300. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The British Library fragments preserve parts of 8 lines from the top of a column, and the upper margin. The Heidelberg fragments supply additional portions of these lines, for a complete column width of 200-210 mm, and part of the first column, 55 mm wide. All fragments break off at the bottom.

Eight fragments of varying size not belonging together, housed in a glass frame.

Upper left papyrus (A): Papyrus strip, complete on the left, broken off on the other sides; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears the beginnings of 3 lines; the back is blank.

Second papyrus at the top (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top; written on both sides. The front bears portions of 11 lines running along the fibres, the back contains parts of 11 lines written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front.

Third papyrus from the left (C): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete on the right; written on both sides. The front bears the ends of 11 lines running along the fibres; the back contains parts of 7 lines written across the fibres.

Lower left papyrus (D): Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the bottom and left, damaged at the top; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 5 lines; a sheet-join runs vertically. The back is blank.

Small fragment to the right (E): Small fragment from the same papyrus as Papyrus 641, complete at the bottom; placed upside down in the frame; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears a few letters from 3 lines, the back is blank.

Second papyrus from the bottom left (F): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of 6 lines, with a small trace from another line at the top. The back is blank.

Third papyrus from the bottom left (G): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom, broken off on all other sides; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears a few letters from 2 lines, and a trace from another line at the top. The back is blank.

Lower right papyrus (H): Lower right corner of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 5 lines; the lower margin is ample. The back is blank.

Seven fragments of varying size, bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Not all of them belong together; they are mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Upper left fragment (A): Fragment of the upper portion of the same papyrus as the three fragments inventoried as Papyrus 687E, Papyrus 640, and a papyrus of the Sorbonne (P.Bouriant 46). Papyrus 687A preserves the top of the first column, broken off at the bottom and sides, and contains parts of four lines. The upper margin measures 40 mm.

Upper fragment in the middle (B): Papyrus fragment broken off at the top and sides, part of the same sheet as Papyrus 686F, a papyrus in the John Rylands Library inventoried as no. 67, and a papyrus in Heidelberg, inventoried as 1301. Part of seven lines and of the lower margin survive. At the left, some horizontal fibres are missing.

Upper right fragment (C): Fragment of a papyrus sheet, damaged throughout, with some of the horizontal fibres missing; parts of 4 lines are preserved, with most of the fragment being blank.

Lower left fragment (D): Fragment of a sheet, containing the lower portion of a column, with ample lower margin and part of the left margin surviving. A strip of horizontal fibres is missing. Damage is located along the vertical folds.

Three lower fragments at the right (E): Three joining fragments from the same papyrus as Papyrus 687A, Papyrus 640 and a papyrus of the Sorbonne (P.Bouriant 46). The end of the first column is preserved in Papyrus 687E, with parts of two lines and traces of one above. The lower margin measures 30 mm.