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Letter, 'Of preparing and decyphering the Herculaneum papyri' from unknown author to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/3/191

Date: 1756

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Subject: Archaeology

Read 11 November 1756

Reference number
L&P/3/191
Earliest possible date
1756
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of preparing and decyphering the Herculaneum papyri' from unknown author to George Parker, 1756, L&P/3/191, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_191/letter-of-preparing-and-decyphering-the-herculaneum-papyri-from-unknown-author-to-george-parker, accessed on 10 February 2025

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