MS Egyptian 1

Fragments from a New Kingdom papyrus containing prescriptions.

Egypt, Ca. 1800 BC.

This small group of darkened fragments had been glued together and stuck onto linen.; Material: papyrus; Small group

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.

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

(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.