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COPY OF THE PAPYRUS
“APOCALYPSE OF PETER”
FROM THE COPTIC MUSEUM IN CAIRO

Considered authentic by early Christians, attributed to the apostle Peter.

(Egypt, 21st c.)
Magos Foundation Collection

Extract from the Garshouni version, transcription of the Arabic language using the letters of the Syriac alphabet about the Three Kings: “Bazdagar possessed the country of al Balqa, the third Faruzidan, king of the country of Sheba. Al Balqa would be the Arabic name given to the Queen of Sheba, named in the Muslim tradition Bilqis. Book translated by A. Mingana, reprinted by the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library in 1929-1930. Re-edition of 2018.