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Six fragments of varying size from the same roll as Papyrus 688, reused for mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Fragment A: Portions of 2 columns, of 9 and 7 lines respectively, broken off at the bottom;

Fragment B: Portions of 5 lines;

Fragment C: Portions of 10 lines;

Fragment D: Portions of 11 lines;

Fragment E: Portions of 6 lines;

Fragment F: Portions of 4 lines.

Six fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll recovered from mummy cartonnage, with insect holes and plaster residue in places. Further fragments of the same roll are now held in the Institut für Papyrologie in Heidelberg, inventoried as P. G 406), and at the John Rylands Library, Manchester, inventoried as Gr. 16a. The largest fragment is written on both sides, and bears portions of 3 columns on the front, and remains of 2 columns on the back; the other smaller fragments are written on the front only; fragments B and C preserve portions of 2 columns, while fragments D-F contain parts of a few lines. Fragment E has a dark strain on the back. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

Twelve fragments (labelled A-K, M-N) of varying size from a papyrus roll, an additional fragment of which is Papyrus 689(B). The fragments were extracted from mummy cartonnage and occasionally display plaster residue; they are written on one side along the fibres, and their back is blank. They are all broken on all sides, and most of them preserve a few letters from a few lines. Each column would have had an average of 40 lines. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Four fragments of varying size, numbered A-D in the frame, presumably from the same papyrus sheet, reused as mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank, and mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

A: With remains of 5 lines from the top of a column;

B: With remains of 5 lines and an interlinear addition;

C: With few traces of 2 lines;

D: Lower right portion of a column, broken off at the top and left, with 14 lines; the lower margin is preserved, and no margin was left to the right.

Papyrus slip reused as mummy cartonnage, complete but with holes and surface damage in places; written on both sides. On the front there are 7 lines against the fibres; the margins survive. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Hib. I. The back bears one line, written along the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front, and covered with plaster residue. Remains of the mummy decoration are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, dark-brown in the upper and lower portions, and with plaster residue and surface damage in places; lacking the upper left corner and the lower right corner. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. One column of 35 lines remains, with line 33 being fully lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster and red paint residue, and darker surface at the top (front); mutilated especially to the right; written on both sides. On the front there are 14 lines running across the fibres, the last two of which are in Demotic; there is a blank between lines 5 and 6. Lower, left and upper margins survive. The back bears one line parallel to the fibres, written the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

Fragments of a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage; the preserved portion is damaged by holes; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The text on the front is Demotic; the two columns on the back are in Greek, but are covered with plaster. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.