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title: Papyrus Anastasi V
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6047/papyrus-anastasi-v/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Papyrus Anastasi V
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6047.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Prayer to Thoth for skill in writing](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/976/prayer-to-thoth-for-skill-in-writing/). The prayer is written in hieratic [script](https://www.worldhistory.org/script/), found at [Thebes](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Thebes/) sometime prior to c. 1830 CE, and purchased by the British Museum in 1839 CE from the collector Giovanni Anastasi.
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