Sheet of papyrus mounted on calico and stuck to card.  Inscribed in Greek text in 1860 by Constantine Simonides; which he described as being The Periplus of Hanno, the 5th/6th century BC Carthagian navigator. The papyrus is most likely ancient but the text is a modern forgery. 

The card has an ink annotation by Simonides. Dimensions of the card backing are 530 mm (W) x 341 mm (H).

Periplus of Hanno (Forgery) | National Museums Liverpool

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Sheet of papyrus mounted on calico and stuck to card. Inscribed in Greek text in 1860 by Constantine Simonides; which he described as being The Periplus of Hanno, the 5th/6th century BC Carthagian navigator. The papyrus is most likely ancient but the text is a modern forgery. The card has an ink annotation by Simonides. Dimensions of the card backing are 530 mm (W) x 341 mm (H).

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Periplus of Hanno (Forgery)

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