Papyrus Chester Beatty VI

The Trustees of the British Museum

by The Trustees of the British Museum
published on 20 February 2017

bookmark_addbookmark_addedSave Image

Papyrus Chester Beatty VI — Dated to the New Kingdom (c. 1570 - c. 1069 BCE), and specifically to c. 1200 BCE, the text is written in demotic script and is the oldest treatise on anorectal disease (affecting the anus and rectum) in history.

Remove Ads

License & Copyright

© Trustees of the British Museum. Republished under the British Museum Standard Terms of Use for non-profit educational purposes. Original image by The Trustees of the British Museum. Uploaded by Ibolya Horváth, published on 20 February 2017. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Copyright. You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

Related Images

Image

Cite This Work

APA Style

Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2017, February 20). Papyrus Chester Beatty VI. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6371/papyrus-chester-beatty-vi/

Chicago Style

Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Papyrus Chester Beatty VI." World History Encyclopedia, February 20, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6371/papyrus-chester-beatty-vi/.

MLA Style

Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Papyrus Chester Beatty VI." World History Encyclopedia, 20 Feb 2017, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6371/papyrus-chester-beatty-vi/.

Papyrus Chester Beatty VI

Celebrate Our Anniversary with Trivia!

License & Copyright

Related Images

Chester Castle

Chester Castle

Chester City Walls

Chester Walls: Civil War Damage

Chester Rows

Chester City Walls

Cite This Work

APA Style

Chicago Style

MLA Style