Joseph Smith Papyri: Difference between revisions

There were four mummies, two rolls, and various other fragments of papyri purchased by Joseph Smith and his associates. [[Eyewitness accounts associated with the Joseph Smith Papyri|Eyewitness accounts]] conflict on the gender of the mummies, indicating it was difficult to tell. [[Oliver Cowdery]] wrote,:

<blockquote>...in connection with two of the bodies, were something rolled up with the same kind of linnen {{sic}}, saturated with the same bitumen, which, when examined, proved to be two rolls of papyrus, previously mentioned. I may add that two or three other small pieces of papyrus, with astronomical calculations, epitaphs, etc were found with others of the Mummies.</blockquote>