Some of these papyri were rescued from great heaps of papyrus ​ — essentially wastepaper dumps — ​ that lay undiscovered for centuries in the Egyptian desert.
Beberapa papirus ini diselamatkan dari timbunan besar papirus ​ — sesungguhnya, tumpukan kertas sampah ​ — yang tergeletak selama berabad - abad tanpa diketahui siapa pun di gurun di Mesir.