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Show DESERP NEWS, Wednesday, October 18, 1972 ' JERUSALEM - (AP) collection of W Priceless Islamic Writings Its owner, a Jerusalem Arab, wants to sell it for $1 million but will settle for less if the treasure remains in this city where he was bom. A s, pnceless to students of early Islamic rule, lies undeeiph-ere- d in a European bank vault, v aitmg for buyers and scholars, .An Israeli expert calls it the "world's largest known private collection of papyrus scrolls, and one of the most fascinat- is Egypt Imversity 24 by Egyptian merchant in antiques who hid them from Egyptian authorities by storing them in a chicken coop ir. Cairo. Some still tune chicken feathers stud: to them. 14 in lssa Marugi. an Assyrian Christian in Jerusalem, heard of the collection from friends in Egypt and bought it The scrolls were placed aboard a -plane by a respected Egyptian gentleman " Jerusalem. Israel tried to stop the documents from going to a bank vault in Liechtenstein, but was legally unable to keep them m the country Papyrus was an early kind of paper, made from strips of plant pith. While most papyri were postcard-siz- e because of their cost in ancient times, this collection contains some giants. A decree appointing a provincial governor in eighth ing finds in this field in 50 years. An American professor believes it could help fill out scant details of the Islamic world immediately after the death of the Prophet . "All this is pnceless to a scholar who wants to study the early Islamic empire." says Dr. Moshe Sharon, lecturer in Islam at the Hebrew There are 2.000 fragments in the collection, with 400 in Arabic. The rest are in Greek. Coptic and priestly or common script. , it century-inches- They reached Jordan m October 19119. Marugi's agent collected them, transported them across the Jordan Rner into Israeli-helterntorv and hand The papyn reached Israel and the bank unuer strange circumstances Thev were collected h d Despite Data, Some Say Polish Bribery Increasing ed them to their new owner. News of the scrolls first became public then Egypt accused Marugi. a hospital director, of stealing its national treasures. Jordan charged the collection had been perfidiously delivered to the enemy. Israel But Marugi produced a deed Egypt snorts. "They leave m a chicken coop send them the feathers " - he s I'll tences allow ed the giver of a bribe to turn state's evidence. (AP) beh" e bribery is grow ing in this Communist state despite data showing a drop each year for such offenses by Polish courts. cording to official figures persons were convicted of in 1970, 333 in 19(19, 572 in 1907 and 755 in 1905. Under avoided quences Warsaws weekly Polity ka published a poll showing that SO percent of those questioned though the opinion that "one must give bribes, otherwise nothing can be settled." is popular in Poland One would deduce from this, said Polity ka. that bribery is on tne decline, "provided you take the statistical yearbook "1 well remember the gentlemen who appeared as witnesses in economic and bribery trials, notebooks m hands, reading out how much, when and whom they had given bribes for various facilities and kindness, Polity ka's writer says. WARSAW of sale and an official Jordanian import license "Let A9 Main-Pole- s The findings conflict with a of sen decreasing number Ac272 bribery seriously." convictions if Lack of proof, says the paper, and the revoking of a law which Why so bribery few is widespread? this law the giver conseunpleasant "Forward-lookin- people g these witnesses were. Well acquainted with the reg ulations, they had noted everything with great precision just in case they were caught. They did arouse repulcertainly sion. The law was revoked two years ago because authorities decided it was immoral. that Pohtyka. warning "voices are advocating restoration of the law, comments: The success of ethics and justice has been paid for very dearly. The states trade services gut the biggest vote for bribery m Politykas poll. This did not surprise Western observers much. 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