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English: Heruclaneum Papyrus 1521, British Library. The seven fragments, recovered and published in Piaggio’s workshop in Italy, were part of a gift containing a number of scrolls that King Ferdinand of Naples had sent to George IV of England in exchange for a royal giraffe for his private zoo. Scroll contains a portion of a work by the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341–270 BCE)
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Source https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/charred-scroll-fragments-from-herculaneum
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