Letter of Hermippus (Forgery)
M11169q
Information
Papyrus fragments on card support, signed by Constantine Simonides. Inscribed in Greek text in 1860 by Simonides; which he described as being from the literary works of Hermippus. The papyrus is most likely ancient but the text is a modern forgery.
Dimensions include the support.
CONDITION NOTE 1998: Unsuitable mount, foxing, discolouration.