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Codex Sinaiticus
Manuscript Created date: 2nd quarter of the 4th century–3rd quarter of the 4th centuryDespite its rather austere appearance, Codex Sinaiticus is a treasure beyond price. Produced in the middle of the 4th ce...
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Deed of divorce
Papyrus Created date: 305–306Marriage contracts and deeds of divorce are recorded in the Greek papyri that survive from Egypt, although the union and...
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Handbook of magical texts
Papyrus Created date: 4th centuryThe Theban Magical Library includes magical texts on papyrus, mainly written in Greek and Demotic. These papyri, dated ...
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Letter to the anchorite Papnouthius
Papyrus Created date: Mid-4th centuryDating to the mid fourth century, this papyrus sheet contains a private letter. The sender is a woman called Valeria, wh...
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Letters of Cyprian
Manuscript Created date: Late 4th centuryThese fragments are all that survive of a book written in North Africa in the late fourth century. They preserve part of...
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Magical text invoking a deity
Papyrus Created date: 4th century–5th centuryMagic played an important role for centuries in ancient Egypt, and represented a central tenet of religion and everyday ...
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Petition against a wife
Papyrus Created date: 363Petitions surviving on papyrus shed light on everyday problems in the ancient world. Many of the complaints recorded con...
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Two magical spells
Papyrus Created date: 4th centuryThis fourth- or fifth-century papyrus, overall well preserved, is one of the Greek magical papyri from the British Libra...
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