Brooklyn Papyrus

Brooklyn Papyrus
Createdc. 450 BCE
Present locationNew York City, New York, United States

The Brooklyn Papyrus (47.218.48 and 47.218.85, also known as the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus) is a medical papyrus dating from ancient Egypt and is one of the oldest preserved writings about medicine and ophiology. The manuscript is dated to around 450 BC and is today kept at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City.

The term Brooklyn Papyrus can also refer to Brooklyn Papyrus 35.1446

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