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Fragments of a papyrus roll, housed in ten glass frames named Papyrus 132(1), Papyrus 132(2), Papyrus 132(3), Papyrus 132(4), Papyrus 132(5), Papyrus 132(6), Papyrus 132(7), Papyrus 132(8), Papyrus 132(9), Papyrus 132(10). All mounted on cardboard, except for Papyrus 132(8), which bears a small trace of ink on the back, at the top. There remain 44 columns running along the fibres, each with an average of 45 lines, measuring around 220 x 70 mm; the first 19 columns are badly mutilated, while the others are abraded and rubbed in places; 4 columns are lost at the beginning of the roll.

Papyrus 132(1): Fragments of varying size, light-brown, with portions of 4 columns, mutilated; with upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(2): Fragments of varying size, darker in places, with portions of 5 columns, mutilated; with upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(3): Fragments of varying size, with portions of 5 columns, mutilated and rubbed in places; with upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(4): Fragments of varying size, with portions of 5 columns, mutilated and rubbed in places; with part of upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(5): Portion of the roll with detached scrap, mid-brown, darker at the top; rubbed in places, otherwise well preserved; with 5 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(6): Portion of the roll, mid-brown, rubbed in places, otherwise well preserved; with 5 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(7): Portion of the roll with detached scrap, mid-dark brown; rubbed in places; with 4 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(8): Portion of the roll with four detached scraps, dark-brown; with 4 columns, upper and lower margins on the front; small trace of ink on the back;

Papyrus 132(9): Portion of the roll, mid-dark brown; rubbed in places; with 4 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(10): Portion of the roll, mid-dark brown; rubbed in places; with 3 columns, traces of the preceding column and two additional lines on the right; with upper, right and lower margins.

Fragments of a papyrus roll of small format, written on one side along the fibres, with the back being blank. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in eight glass cases named Papyrus 135(1), Papyrus 135(2), Papyrus 135(3), Papyrus 135(4), Papyrus 135(5), Papyrus 135(6), Papyrus 135(7), and Papyrus 135(8). 46 columns, more or less complete, survive. The column height is 80-85 mm, with each column having 15 to 19 lines. The upper and lower margins measure 20 mm and 25 mm respectively; the intercolumn is often irregular. The surface is abraded in many spots, and loose and dislocated fibres are visible in places; sheet-joins running across the fibres and along the height of the roll are visible in some of the fragments.

Papyrus 135(1): Three fragments with detached fibres and one scrap: the upper contains one column, preceded by ample blank space measuring 80 mm; a sheet-join running across the fibres is visible at the end of the lines; the middle fragment has two columns, the second being badly abraded; the lower fragment contains two columns, the first being abraded.

Papyrus 135(2): Four fragments with detached scraps: the upper fragments contain parts of two columns, the first of which lacks the endings and the second the beginnings; the middle and lower fragments contain two complete columns each, with little surface.

Papyrus 135(3): Three complete fragments, each containing two columns.

Papyrus 135(4): Three complete fragments, each containing two columns, with few small insect holes.

Papyrus 135(5): Three complete fragments, each containing two columns, the third slightly more damaged by insect holes.

Papyrus 135(6): Three fragments, each containing two columns, the first and second being complete, the third badly damaged by holes.

Papyrus 136(7): Three fragments with detached scraps; each of the three fragments contain two columns; the upper fragment is damaged, and the first column lacks the beginning; the others are well preserved, although some surface damage is visible in places.

Papyrus 135(8): Eleven fragments of varying size, a few of which are scraps, containing parts of five incomplete columns.

The papyrus is also known as Egerton Papyrus 1.

A papyrus roll of medium quality, originally 3365 mm long, made out of 20 sheets. Each sheet is 155 mm wide on average. Housed in 11 glass cases, named Papyrus 137(1)1-3, Papyrus 137(2)4-7, Papyrus 137(3)8-11, Papyrus 137(4)12-15, Papyrus 137(5)16-18, Papyrus 137(6)19-20, Papyrus 137(7)21-24, Papyrus 137(8)25-28, Papyrus 137(9)29-31, Papyrus 137(10)32-35, Papyrus 137(11)36-39.

The front preserves 39 columns, each of which contains between 32 and 59 lines. At least 2 columns are missing at the beginning. The surviving upper margin measures between 10 and 20 mm, the lower between 10 and 15 mm.

Three columns are written on the back of Papyrus 137(2)4-7, the first two of which were written by the same hand as that of the front, and one column in a different hand is found on the back of Papyrus 137(7)21-24.

The sheets are mounted on cardboard with the exception of Papyrus 137(2)4-7, and Papyrus 137(7)21-24, which bear writing on the back. Unplaced fragments are housed in Papyrus 137(6)19-20, Papyrus 137(9)29-31, and Papyrus 137(10)32-35.