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Johnson Papyrus. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Johnson Papyrus
- Date:
- c.400
- Reference:
- MS.5753
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
About this work
Description
Fragment of a leaf from an illustrated herbal, found by J de M Johnson in 1904 at Antinoë, Egypt, while working for the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Recto. Coloured drawing of the plant "symphitum" (συμφυτον) [Symphitum officinale], followed by the left hand section of eight lines of text, in an uncial hand.
Verso. Coloured drawing of the plant "flommos" (φλομμος) [identity uncertain], followed by the right hand section of ten lines of text, in an uncial hand.
Publication/Creation
c.400
Physical description
1 volume Papyrus fragment: 227 × 111 mm.
Acquisition note
Purchased from the Egypt Exploration Society, 1928.
Finding aids
Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
Language note
Greek
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesNote
Location Status Access Closed stores
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Accession number
- Museum reg. no. 29111