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Thread #64520   Message #1056414
Posted By: Amos
18-Nov-03 - 02:36 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ancient play: text found in mummy
Subject: RE: BS: Ancient play: text found in mummy
Well, let's reflect: it isn't as though just anyone could get their hands on a manuscript back then, good or bad. Because they were literally scriptus manus, and thus labor-intensive and costly to have. The mummy might have been the author, I suppose. Or a wealthy patron? I doubt anyone acting as critic could haver gotten a copy tucked up inside his mummy, except perhaps BY the author in a murderous fit of pique.

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