Berlin Papyrus may refer to several
papyri
Papyrus ( ) is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface. It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, ''Cyperus papyrus'', a wetland sedge. ''Papyrus'' (plural: ''papyri'' or ''papyruses'') can ...
kept in the
Egyptian Museum of Berlin
The Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection of Berlin () is home to one of the world's most important collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts, including the Nefertiti Bust. Since 1855, the collection is a part of the Neues Museum on Berlin's ...
, including:
* Berlin Papyrus 3033 or the
Westcar Papyrus
The Westcar Papyrus (inventory-designation: ''P. Berlin 3033'') is an ancient Egyptian text containing five stories about miracles performed by priests and magicians. In the papyrus text, each of these tales are told at the royal court of King ...
, a storytelling papyrus
* Berlin Papyrus 3038 or the
Brugsch Papyrus, a medical papyrus
*
Berlin Papyrus 6619
The Berlin Papyrus 6619, simply called the Berlin Papyrus when the context makes it clear, is one of the primary sources of ancient Egyptian mathematics. One of the two mathematics problems on the Papyrus may suggest that the ancient Egyptians k ...
, a mathematical papyrus
*
Papyrus Berlin 17213 Papyrus Berlin 17213 (also Rahlfs 995) is Koine Greek fragment of the Septuagint dated to the 3rd century CE.
Description
This is written in papyrus in codex form. P. Berlin 17213 contains fragments of Genesis 19, 11–13, 17–19. Contains a bla ...
, a Koine Greek fragment of the Septuagint, dated to the 3rd century CE
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