Contents
Most of the texts are written in hieratic and demotic scripts, although there are several texts written in hieroglyphs and in Greek. The actual contents of the papyrus vary greatly, but it focuses mainly on treatment for eye diseases and pregnancy. The structure of the papyrus bears great resemblance to that of the Kahun and Berlin papyri.
The collection was further expanded through acquisitions from Professor H. O. Lange and Professor C. E. Sander-Hansen, private owners of several papyri. Two Coptic codices purchased from Carl Schmidt and the Teaching of King Merikare further added to the collection.
More than six hundred individual manuscripts have been recorded, some of which have been pieced together from dozens or even hundreds of fragments.
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