MS Egyptian 1

Title	MS Egyptian 1
Publication Date:	1800
Type	Book
Language	Egyptian (Ancient)
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Wellcome Collection museum and library
Record ID	u38wwacn
Date	1800
Notes	Fragments from a New Kingdom papyrus containing prescriptions. \| According to a note of 2 July 1940 in the Wellcome collection files, the papyrus was purchased on that date from a Mr W. W. P. Falconer. \| (not before 1930-10, not after 1931-03): According to a note of 2 July 1940, Mr W. W. P. Falconer, who said that it had been brought from Egypt by his uncle who had worked there on excavations. This uncle was presumably Mr Harold Falconer, a member of the Matmar team for October 1930 to March 1931 (G. Brunton, Matmar (London 1948)). Although Harold Falconer worked in Egypt on at least that occasion, he may have acquired the fragments elsewhere.
El notu	From a preliminary inspection the hand appears to be of the late Eighteenth or early Nineteenth Dynasty.

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MS Egyptian 1

Publication Date 1800

Type Book

Language Egyptian (Ancient)

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Wellcome Collection museum and library

Record ID u38wwacn

Date 1800

Notes Fragments from a New Kingdom papyrus containing prescriptions. | According to a note of 2 July 1940 in the Wellcome collection files, the papyrus was purchased on that date from a Mr W. W. P. Falconer. | (not before 1930-10, not after 1931-03): According to a note of 2 July 1940, Mr W. W. P. Falconer, who said that it had been brought from Egypt by his uncle who had worked there on excavations. This uncle was presumably Mr Harold Falconer, a member of the Matmar team for October 1930 to March 1931 (G. Brunton, Matmar (London 1948)). Although Harold Falconer worked in Egypt on at least that occasion, he may have acquired the fragments elsewhere.

El notu From a preliminary inspection the hand appears to be of the late Eighteenth or early Nineteenth Dynasty.