File:Joseph Smith Papyrus I.jpg

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DescriptionJoseph Smith Papyrus I.jpg	English: This photograph depicts a portion of the Joseph Smith papyri. The vignette in the center of the photograph is recognized as the source of facsimile 1 in the en:Book of Abraham, which is part of the Pearl of Great Price, a en:Mormon volume of scripture.
Date	Papyrus drawing from ancient Egypt, backing paper sketches presumably from some time in the 1800s.
Source	Joseph Smith Papers
Author	Unknown authors

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2008-01-17 06:57 Descartes1979 500×340×8 (101415 bytes) Unknown author, photograph of ancient Egyptian papyri

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	08:37, 20 April 2020	1,280 × 921 (265 KB)	Alonso de Mendoza	Reverted to version as of 17:38, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
	17:44, 26 February 2014	500 × 340 (99 KB)	HarJIT	broke some stuff on en.wikipedia
	17:38, 26 February 2014	1,280 × 921 (265 KB)	HarJIT	Higher-resolution scan/digitisation. Still a faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional public-domain work and thus can be hosted here on this US-based site. Extracted from the Joseph Smith Papers website. If I misunderstood the copyright status, pl...
	01:35, 12 April 2008	500 × 340 (99 KB)	File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske)	{{BotMoveToCommons\|en.wikipedia}} {{Information \|Description={{en\|This photograph depicts a portion of the Joseph Smith papyri. The vignette in the center of the photograph is recognized as the source of facsimile 1 in the en:Book of Abraham, which