MS Egyptian 5 item 1

recto

The beginning of each line, and hence the beginning of the dating formula, is lost: the securest indication of the date is afforded by the eponymous priests.

Line 1At the end of the line 1, mwt=f is followed by three signs, the forms of which are not entirely clear. Thereafter, a vertical strip of papyrus with a width of 1.0-1.3 cm is very badly abraded, affecting all three lines of text. To the left of this, traces of the tail of the =f of mwt=f become increasingly clear, but no other traces may be seen here. Thus, probably no more than I.5 cm of text are lost - certainly no more than 3.0 cm. Line 2At the end of the line 2, there are slight traces of a vertical stroke, but they are too far removed from n-im= to belong to the expected =w. Line 3At the end, the slight traces occupy about 1.5 cm