Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia acquired it in 1827 for the Berlin Museum, where it is still housed.
The style of writing is that of the 19th Dynasty, and it is dated between 1350 and 1200 BC.
The papyrus was studied initially by Heinrich Karl Brugsch, but was translated and published by Walter Wreszinski in 1909.
Some of the contents deals with contraception and fertility tests.
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