compensation, suppressed its own report on the provenance of the bowls, and returned the items back to the Schøyen Collection. Notable manuscripts The Schøyen Collection preserves some of the oldest known archaeological discoveries and manuscripts. Ancient world MS 1717 (31st century BC), The Kushim Tablet, a Sumerian cuneiform record of beer production, signed by possibly the first example of a person named in writing MS 2064 (21st century BC), Ur-Nammu's law-code, a Sumerian text. MS 2781 (2000–1600 BC), a Babylonian calendar. Tutankhamun's signet ring MS 108 "The earliest Greek Alphabet” copper,, Cyprus, ca. 800 BC, 2 tablets, 21x13 cm, single column, (19x10 cm), 20-23 lines in archaic Greek capitals with some North Semitic (Phoenician) letter forms by 2 or more scribes. MS 5236, an ancient Greek block print from the 6th century BC Ancient Buddhist and Hindu manuscripts likely recovered from recently destroyed Buddhist sites such as Bamiyan in Afghanistan and other Buddhist monastery ruins in northwest Pakistan since the 1990s. MS 193 (3rd century AD), The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, biblical manuscript in the Coptic language; it contains: Jonah, 2 Maccabees, 1 Peter, "Peri Pascha" of Melito, and an unidentified Homily MS 2650 (4th century AD), Codex Schøyen, the oldest Gospel of Matthew in Coptic dialect Since 1994, the Schøyen Collection has acquired 115 Dead Sea Scrolls fragments from 15 different scrolls. MS 035, Codex Sinaiticus Zosimi Rescriptus, a palimpsest on vellum from Mount Sinai Medieval and modern era MS 1 (c. 1300), a fragment from a codex of French sermons, in a binding produced by Manuale del Navarro, acquired in 1955 MS 4457 (1865-1879 AD), Cheyenne Chief Little Shield's Ledger Book recording the Indian War of the Platte River in 1865. Manuscripts related to Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism References External links The Schøyen Collection Manuscripts Papyrology Private collections in Norway Private collections in the United Kingdom World history