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MS M.662A.1 fragments.

Accession number
MS M.662A.1
Object title
MS M.662A.1 fragments.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1920.
Description
15 papyrus fragments in one Mylar sheet ; various dimensions; largest, 101 x 103 mm
Provenance
Part of a lot purchased ca. 1920 from the Cairo dealer Maurice Nahman by Francis Willey Kelsey (1858-1927); brought to Rome by Kelsey in the beginning of 1920 and purchased by Henri Hyvernat on behalf of J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Unidentified literary fragments from a manuscript written in Egypt.
Encapsulated in Mylar and stored in a box labeled "Coptic Papyrus Fragments, Box I, Literary."
Related fragments: MS M.662A.1, a-d.
Language
Coptic, the Sahidic dialect
Classification