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Box 6

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Contains 4 Results:

Egyptian hieratic inscription on linen, 1000 BCE

 Item — Box: 6
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection:

Examples of various historical writing systems and scripts, including hieroglyphics on fragments of papyrus, reed sticks with proto-Arabian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, a bowl inscribed in Etruscan, Aramaic incantation bowls, a bronze piece with a runic inscription, Arabic on cloth fragments, decorated 13th-century Bible leaves, and other writings through the 18th century.

Dates: 1000 BCE

Three birch bark fragments from the "Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism", 3rd-5th century CE

 Item — Box: 6
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection:

Examples of various historical writing systems and scripts, including hieroglyphics on fragments of papyrus, reed sticks with proto-Arabian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, a bowl inscribed in Etruscan, Aramaic incantation bowls, a bronze piece with a runic inscription, Arabic on cloth fragments, decorated 13th-century Bible leaves, and other writings through the 18th century.

Dates: 3rd-5th century CE

Three leaf books, "The 13th century Bible", original leaves enclosed, 13th century CE

 Item — Box: 6
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection:

Examples of various historical writing systems and scripts, including hieroglyphics on fragments of papyrus, reed sticks with proto-Arabian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, a bowl inscribed in Etruscan, Aramaic incantation bowls, a bronze piece with a runic inscription, Arabic on cloth fragments, decorated 13th-century Bible leaves, and other writings through the 18th century.

Dates: 13th century CE

Fragment of the Book of Exodus, in Greek, 4th century CE

 Item — Box: 6
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection:

Examples of various historical writing systems and scripts, including hieroglyphics on fragments of papyrus, reed sticks with proto-Arabian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, a bowl inscribed in Etruscan, Aramaic incantation bowls, a bronze piece with a runic inscription, Arabic on cloth fragments, decorated 13th-century Bible leaves, and other writings through the 18th century.

Dates: 4th century CE