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MR. SALT'S COLLECTION.
829*A magnificent and perfect Papyrus, in the Hieratic cha-
racter, ornamented with numerous figures most delicately
executed in black...................... Thebes, £91.
This extraordinary and wonderfully preserved papyrus is eighteen
inches wide and about sixteen feet in length.
830 Another Papyrus, equally magnificent and perfect, in the
Demotic character......................Thebes, £50.
The papyri in the Demotic character are generally small, and always
found in the vases composed of terra-cotta.
The present may undoubtedly be considered the largest and most
perfect extant.
831*A Papyrus, written in the Greek character, consisting of
seven pages, each containing twenty-six lines, 5 ft. long
by 1 ft. broad.................................. £66.
From the memorandum given by the late Mr. Salt relative to the
contents of this most valuable and highly interesting papyrus, we are
informed it mentions historically the city of Memphis, and that it was
found in a vase at that place. It is dated in the 21st or 24th year of
Ptolemy Philometor.
This papyrus was originally written over with the Demotic character,
but afterwards with that of the Greek, and is therefore of the highest
interest, as it evidently proves that the papyri was not of that brittle
and untenable nature as supposed by many antiquarians; though, with
regard to those written in the Greek character, it is true, that generally
they are all of a more pliable nature than those of the Hieroglyphical;
but, in the present collection, some in the Hieroglyphical character are
equally pliable.
The same circumstance coincides with that relating to the Greek and
Latin MS. rolls discovered at Pompeii, as we are informed that those in
the Greek character were opened with one-twentieth part of the
difficulty as those in the Latin.
It may be here observed, that at Alexandria, where the humidity of
the country is very great, the Papyri in the Hieratic character, and
many of the others, unrol with the greatest ease.
832 Another Papyrus, in the Greek character, consisting of a
Letter relating to a certain Asclipius, with an account
of the bread used for the different periods at the cere-
monies in the Temple of Serapis, quite perfect, 12 in.
high by 8 in. broad .................. Memphis, £70.
MR. SALT'S COLLECTION.
829*A magnificent and perfect Papyrus, in the Hieratic cha-
racter, ornamented with numerous figures most delicately
executed in black...................... Thebes, £91.
This extraordinary and wonderfully preserved papyrus is eighteen
inches wide and about sixteen feet in length.
830 Another Papyrus, equally magnificent and perfect, in the
Demotic character......................Thebes, £50.
The papyri in the Demotic character are generally small, and always
found in the vases composed of terra-cotta.
The present may undoubtedly be considered the largest and most
perfect extant.
831*A Papyrus, written in the Greek character, consisting of
seven pages, each containing twenty-six lines, 5 ft. long
by 1 ft. broad.................................. £66.
From the memorandum given by the late Mr. Salt relative to the
contents of this most valuable and highly interesting papyrus, we are
informed it mentions historically the city of Memphis, and that it was
found in a vase at that place. It is dated in the 21st or 24th year of
Ptolemy Philometor.
This papyrus was originally written over with the Demotic character,
but afterwards with that of the Greek, and is therefore of the highest
interest, as it evidently proves that the papyri was not of that brittle
and untenable nature as supposed by many antiquarians; though, with
regard to those written in the Greek character, it is true, that generally
they are all of a more pliable nature than those of the Hieroglyphical;
but, in the present collection, some in the Hieroglyphical character are
equally pliable.
The same circumstance coincides with that relating to the Greek and
Latin MS. rolls discovered at Pompeii, as we are informed that those in
the Greek character were opened with one-twentieth part of the
difficulty as those in the Latin.
It may be here observed, that at Alexandria, where the humidity of
the country is very great, the Papyri in the Hieratic character, and
many of the others, unrol with the greatest ease.
832 Another Papyrus, in the Greek character, consisting of a
Letter relating to a certain Asclipius, with an account
of the bread used for the different periods at the cere-
monies in the Temple of Serapis, quite perfect, 12 in.
high by 8 in. broad .................. Memphis, £70.