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BREASTED, James Henry (1865 – 1935)

BREASTED, James Henry (1865 – 1935)

1865 – 1935

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1930 CE

#4850

The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus. Published in facsimile and hieroglyphic transliteration with translation and commentary by James Henry Breasted. 2 vols.

BREASTED, James Henry (1865 – 1935)
BREASTED, James Henry (1865 – 1935)

At Luxor, Egypt, in 1862 the American collector and dealer in papyri Edwin Smith purchased the papyrus which bears his name. It is preserved at the New York Academy of Medicine. The original text was written about 300…