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Manuscripts by type

  • History of scrollsA roll of papyrus dated to 2568 BCE lies in a museum today. It is the oldest known scroll, called the Diary of Merer. The text records daily activities…
  • Wax tabletA boxwood writing tablet with an ivory hinge emerged from the 14th-century BC Uluburun Shipwreck near Kaş in modern Turkey.