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The Diary of Merer (also known as Papyrus Jarf) is the name for papyrus logbooks written over 4,500 years ago by Merer, a middle-ranking official with the title inspector (sḥḏ, sehedj). They are the oldest known papyri with text, dating to the 26th year [ 1 ] of the reign of Pharaoh Khufu (reigned in the early 26th century BC, estimated c ...
Bresciani papyrus 1940 (published 1971) Egyptian Museum: C3.10: Pap. No. 3484 = J. 72527 1966-72 (published 1983) Egyptian Antiquities Service: C3.11: Segal 20+19: Register No. 2212 + 2195 Louvre Aramaic papyrus 1826 (published 1863) Louvre: C3.12: 72 CIS II 146: AF 7991 Memorandum from verso of the Behistun papyrus: 1906-08: Egyptian Museum of ...
The manuscript was found in 1952 at Jabal Abu Mana near Dishna (Egypt). [11] The preservation level of 𝔓 66 surprised scholars because the first 26 leaves were basically fully intact, and even the stitching of the binding remained.
The Ebers Papyrus, also known as Papyrus Ebers, is an Egyptian medical papyrus of herbal knowledge dating to c. 1550 BC (the late Second Intermediate Period or early New Kingdom). Among the oldest and most important medical papyri of Ancient Egypt , it was purchased at Luxor in the winter of 1873–1874 by the German Egyptologist Georg Ebers .
Book of the Dead of Sobekmose, the Goldworker of Amun, 31.1777e, Brooklyn Museum. The dimensions of a Book of the Dead could vary widely; the longest is 40 m long while some are as short as 1 m. They are composed of sheets of papyrus joined together, the individual papyri varying in width from 15 cm to 45 cm.
There are disparities between Ipuwer and the narrative in the Book of Exodus, such as that the papyrus describes the Asiatics as arriving in Egypt rather than leaving. The papyrus' statement that the "river is blood" phrase may refer to the red sediment colouring the Nile during disastrous floods, or simply be a poetic image of turmoil. [11]
Greenfield Papyrus: 11th F - Book of the Dead British Museum: BM EA 10554 London: UK Papyrus Moscow 120 11th or later L - Story of Wenamun: P. Moscow 120 Papyrus Hood: 10th W - Onomasticon of Amenope: British Museum: P. BM EA 10202 London: UK Papyrus Berlin 3048 8th P - Marriage contract P. Berlin 3048 Berlin: Germany Papyrus Rylands 9 6th P ...
Papyrus Prisse contained three literary texts which were titled as "Instruction" or "Teaching", and the only complete text within this papyrus was the Instruction of Ptahhotep. [6] The Instruction of Ptahhotep was recognized by most Egyptologists as one of the most difficult Egyptian literary texts to translate. [6] For example: