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{{Short description|Egyptian papyri owned by Joseph Smith, Jr.}}
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[[Image:JSP Papyri Fragment I.jpg|thumb|upright 1.3|A portion of the Joseph Smith Papyri]]
The '''Joseph Smith Papyri''' ('''JSP''') are [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] funerary [[papyrus]] fragments from ancient [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] dated between 300 to 100 BC which, along with four mummies, were once owned by [[Joseph Smith]], the founder of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]]. Smith said that the papyrus contained the records of the ancient patriarchs [[Abraham]] and [[Joseph (Genesis)|Joseph]].
In 1842, Smith published the first part of the [[Book of Abraham]], which he said was a direct translation from the papyri.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/eng/scriptures/pgp/introduction|title=Introduction|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org}}</ref><ref>For the distribution of the manuscript fragments, see John Gee, "Eyewitness, Hearsay, and Physical Evidence of the Joseph Smith Papyri," in The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks et al. (Provo, UT: FARMS, 2000), 188—91; and John Gee, A Guide to the Joseph Smith Papyri (Provo, UT: FARMS, 2000), 10—13.</ref> The consensus among both Mormon and non-Mormon scholars is that the characters on the surviving papyrus fragments do not match Smith’s translation. A translation of the [[Book of Joseph (Latter Day Saints)|Book of Joseph]] was never published by Smith, but the scroll purported to be the untranslated Book of Joseph has been found to be a copy of the Egyptian [[Book of the Dead]], a common funerary document, which contains no references to the biblical patriarch Joseph.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jmormhist.42.2.0095|first=Barney|last=Quinten|title=The Joseph Smith Papyri and the Writings of Joseph of Egypt|journal=Journal of Mormon History|volume=42|issue=2|pages=95–109|date=April 2016|doi=10.5406/jmormhist.42.2.0095|jstor=10.5406/jmormhist.42.2.0095}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V03N02_69.pdf|title=Wilson, John A. The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri, Translations and Interpretations; Dialogue Journal 1968.}}</ref>
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A letter to the editor of the ''Painesville Telegraph'' for 27 March 1835 described the collection in depth:
<blockquote>No. 1-4 feet 11 inches, female-supposed age 60; ... There was found with this person a roll or book having a little resemblance to birch bark; ... ink black and red, many female figures.<br />
No. 2-Height 5 ft 1 1-2 inch; female, suppose age 40. found with roll as no. 1, filled with hieroglyphics, rudely executed.<br />
No. 3-Heighth{{Sic|}} 4 ft 4 1-2-male, very old, say 80; ... had a roll of writing as no. 1 & 2; superior head, it will compare in the regions of the sentiments with any in our land; passions mild.<br />
No. 4-Height 4 ft 9, female. I am inclined to put her age at about 20 or 25; others call her an old woman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/OH/paintel4.htm|title=Old Mormon Articles: Painesville Telegraph 1834-35|website=www.sidneyrigdon.com}}</ref></blockquote>
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! Description !! Dimensions<ref>Jensen, Robin Scott, and Brian M. Hauglid, eds. Revelations and Translations, Volume 4: Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts. Facsimile edition. Vol. 4 of the Revelations and Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Ronald K. Esplin, Matthew J. Grow, Matthew C. Godfrey, and R. Eric Smith. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2018.</ref><br />(at their largest) !! JSP #!! Met # !! Wilson-Jeppson #s !! Photograph
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| First Section of [[Breathing Permit of Hor]] || 7½ x 4 in <br /> 19 x 10 cm || I || 47.102.9 || A (photo 1) || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment I.jpg|100px]]
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| Sixth Section of Book of the Dead for TaSheritMin || 5⅛ x 10½ in <br /> 13 x 27 cm || II || 47.102.10 || B (photo 8) || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment II.jpg|100px]]
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| Right side of vignette from Book of the Dead for Nefer-ir-nebu || 9⅝ x 7 in <br /> 24 x 18 cm || IIIa || 47.102.2 || C (photo 5) || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment IIIb IIIa.jpg|100px]]
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| Left side of vignette from Book of the Dead for Nefer-ir-nebu || 10⅛ x 6 in <br /> 26 x 15 cm|| IIIb || 47.102.3 || C (photo 6) || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment IIIb IIIa.jpg|100px]]
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| Fifth Section of Book of the Dead for TaSheritMin || 11½ x 8 in <br /> 29 x 20 cm || IV || 47.102.1 || B (photo 3) || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment IV.jpg|100px]]
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| On the right hand side, the Third Section of Book of the Dead for TaSheritMin || 11¼ x 5⅝ in <br /> 29 x 14 cm || V || 47.102.4 || B (photo 2) || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment VI and V.jpg|100px]]
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| On the left hand side, the Fourth Section of the Book of the Dead for TaSheritMin || 11½ x 5½ in <br /> 29 x 14 cm || VI || 47.102.7 || B (photo 4) || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment VI and V.jpg|100px]]
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| First Section of the Book of the Dead for TaSheritMin || Right Side:<br /> 5 x 2⅞ in<br />13 x 7 cm<br /><br />Left Side:<br />5 x 3 in<br />13 x 8 cm || VII || 47.102.5 || B (photo 7) || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment VII.jpg|100px]]
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| Second Section of the Book of the Dead for TaSheritMin || 5¾ x 6½ in <br /> 15 x 17 cm || VIII || 47.102.6 || B (photo 9) || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment VIII.jpg|100px]]
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| Miscellaneous Scraps of the Book of the Dead for TaSheritMin || 10⅞-12½ x 3-7¾ in <br /> 28-32 x 8-20 cm || IX || || || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment IX.jpg|100px]]
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| Third Section of [[Breathing Permit of Hor]] ||11¾ x 4⅜ in <br /> 30 x 11 cm || X || 47.102.8 || D (photo 10) || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment X.jpg|100px]]
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| Second Section of [[Breathing Permit of Hor]] || 6¾ x 4 in <br /> 17 x 10 cm || XI || 47.102.11 || D (photo 11) || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment XI.jpg|100px]]
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| Random Fragments || || || || || [[File:JSP Papyri Fragment Random.jpg|100px]]
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