David Landers Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS457
The David Landers Collection contains manuscript fragments from antiquity. Several of the manuscripts are from Egypt, including a Demotic business document on papyrus circa 600 BCE, a linen fragment from about 800 BCE, and a coffin fragment circa 1959 BCE - 1918 BCE. Other documents are Greek, including uncial fragments on papyrus from about the 4th Century. The collection is arranged into 7 folders.
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1 Linear Feet (1 box )
English
Gift of Dr. David Landers, 2005
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository