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Put My Funerary Papyrus in My Mummy, Please
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Publication of a short Demotic text that was written on the first sheet of P. BM EA 10209, a hieratic funerary papyrus that had once belonged to the Theban priest Nesmin. The Demotic text contains a note by the owner giving instructions for the hieratic text to be buried with him.
Title: Put My Funerary Papyrus in My Mummy, Please
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Publication of a short Demotic text that was written on the first sheet of P.
BM EA 10209, a hieratic funerary papyrus that had once belonged to the Theban priest Nesmin.
The Demotic text contains a note by the owner giving instructions for the hieratic text to be buried with him.
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