Palm Leaf Fragment Attached to Funerary Papyrus

[Jacob Schmidt-Madsen]

Thanks to Manu Francis and George Hart for clarifying.

Best,
Jacob

George Hart skrev den 2013-01-23 16:24:
> The language and script of the attachment are modern Tamil.  George 
> Hart
> On Jan 23, 2013, at 6:43 AM, Jacob Schmidt-Madsen 
> <jacob at FABULARASA.DK> wrote:
>
>> Dear list,
>>
>> McComas Taylor's posting of a mystery palm leaf manuscript reminded 
>> me of another mystery manuscript fragment which came to my attention 
>> recently. It is attached to one end of an Egyptian funerary papyrus 
>> (21st/22nd dynasty, 1075-716 BC) for sale at Sothesby's (no. 8918, lot 
>> 52):
>>
>> 
>> http://www.sothebys.com/de/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/antiquities-n08918/lot.52.lotnum.html
>>
>> The catalogue notes states: "A fragment of a Burmese Buddhist palm 
>> leaf manuscript is attached to the papyrus at right." However, a 
>> preliminary investigation has determined the script as Grantha, and 
>> the language as something other than Sanskrit (possibly Malayalam, 
>> though this is by no means certain).
>>
>> I have attached a document with enlarged images of the fragment, but 
>> since the images were screenshot from the webpage referred above, 
>> unfortunately the quality is quite poor. I have also attached 
>> Sothesby's own description of the item.
>>
>> I have not been able to determine just how the fragment is attached 
>> to the papyrus - and neither for what reason, whether by accident or 
>> not - but I would be most interested to hear any suggestions you might 
>> have. It has our Egyptologists here in Copenhagen baffled for sure!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Jacob
>>
>> Jacob Schmidt-Madsen
>> Assistant Teacher
>> Department of Indology
>> University of Copenhagen<Palm Leaf on Papyrus (Sothesbys No 
>> 8918-52).pdf><Sothesbys No 8918-52.pdf>