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ssuf Mahmud removed the wrappings and unrolled the object they had concealed. A few yellowed, brittle flakes sifted onto the table.
It was a funerary papyrus,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the collection of magical spells and prayers popularly known as "The Book of the Dead." The section now visible showed several vertical columns of hieroglyphic writing and a painted vignette that depicted a woman clad in a transparent linen gown hand in hand with the jackal-headed god of cemeteries. Before he could see more,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Yussuf Mahmud drew a piece of cloth over the roll.
"Well?" he said in a whisper. "You must decide now. I have other buyers."
Ramses scratched his ear, detaching a few flakes of a substance that had been designed to resemble encrusted dirt. "Impossible," he said. "I must know more before I consult my customers. Where did it come from?"
The other man smiled tightly and shook his head.
It was the first stage of a process that often took hours, and few Europeans had the patience to go through the intricate pattern of offer and counteroffer, question and ambiguous answer. In this case Ramses knew he must play the game to the best of his skill. He wanted that papyrus. It was one of the largest he had ever seen,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and even that brief glimpse had suggested its qualityilai：
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