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> In 2005, conservators received the scroll in a Parker Pen box on a bed of cotton. Surprisingly light on details of its origin. Part of the US war loot from P
by mandelken 7y ago
> In 2005, conservators received the scroll in a Parker Pen box on a bed of cotton.
Surprisingly light on details of its origin. Part of the US war loot from Peshawar perhaps?
- pvg 7y agoYou can google it, the 'perhaps' seems completely unwarranted. The Library purchased the single scroll from a British antiquities dealer in 2003. https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-19-073/?loclr=ealn https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-19-073/?loclr=ealn