Papyri in a sentence

Just as some documents written in the early cursive show a mixture of majuscule and minuscule forms, so certain literary papyri of the 3rd century, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, cit., iv, pl. vi, No. 668; xi, pl. vi, No. 1,379.

In addition to mummified animals, the display includes artifacts such as sculptures, wooden boxes and several scarab amulets, as well as a collection of papyri decorated with drawings of the Egyptian goddess Tawert.

Aramaic papyri have been found in large numbers in Egypt, especially at Elephantine – among them are official and private documents of the Jewish military settlement in 5 BC.

By a probably euphonic inversion the translator of Irenaeus and the other Latin authors have Abraxas, which is found in the magical papyri, and even, though most sparingly, on engraved stones.

Coptic sounds, in addition, are known from a variety of Coptic-Arabic papyri in which Arabic letters were used to transcribe Coptic and vice versa.

For example, in the magical papyri of Ptolemaic Egypt, she is called the 'she-dog' or 'bitch', and her presence is signified by the barking of dogs.

Historical papyri are given identifying names—generally the name of the discoverer, first owner or institution where they are kept—and numbered, such as " Papyrus Harris I ".

How well established the cursive hand had now become is shown in some wax tablets of this period, the writing on which, despite the difference of material, closely resemble the hands of papyri.

In some editions however the readings in the papyri or testimonia are favoured in some places by the editing critic of the text.

In the cursive of papyri they are practically unknown, as are marks of punctuation.

It was by his edition of these speeches from the papyri discovered at Thebes (Egypt) in 1847 and 1856 that Babington's fame as a Greek scholar was made.

Many of the landmarks in the history of recorded communication between people are in the university's Special Collections Research Center, from cuneiform tablets and papyri to several codices dating from the 11th century, to the invention of printing.

Medical papyri show empirical knowledge of anatomy, injuries, and practical treatments.

Robinson, Euthaliana, pp. 42, 101. According to Kenyon the forms of the letters are Egyptian and they were found in Egyptian papyri of earlier date.

Since the scribe did not date literary rolls, such papyri are useful in tracing the development of the book-hand.

The Greek fragments were found in papyri at Tura in 1941, and contain Greek excerpts from books 5-6 of the commentary.

Their use was established by the beginning of the Roman period, but was sporadic in papyri, where they were used as an aid to understanding, and therefore more frequently in poetry than prose, and in lyrical oftener than in other verse.

The magic papyri reflect the same ideas as the Abrasax-gems and often bear Hebraic names of God.

The majority of the papyri that have survived only describe the ceremonial rituals involved in embalming, not the actual surgical processes involved.

The papyri found there included many previously unknown fragments of Sappho.