Manuscript
| Object Number: | 49-11-1 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Thebes (Egypt) |
| Period: | New Kingdom Twentieth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1190-1075 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1191 |
| Late Date: | -1074 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Papyrus Ink |
| Iconography: | Legal Document |
| Inscription Language: | Hieratic |
| Length: | 65 cm |
| Width: | 18 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949 |
Description
Trials of grave robbers - end of document. Written only on the right two-thirds of the recto (horizontal fibres): juristic content. Large section intact on left; right section broken (ca. 14 pieces, most of them fitting together). The two sections seem to fit together. First column, on the broken right section of the papyrus, seems to include three paragraphs in 10 (6+1+3) lines; the beginning of the lines is lost. Second column, on the complete left section, includes two paragraphs in 10 (4+6) lines. Date: Ramses VI or later; his name in col. 1.5
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Egyptian Mummies: Secrets and Science (27 Sep 1980 - 15 Feb 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Fishman, Bernard, and O'Connor, David B., and Silverman, David P., and Fleming, Stuart J. 1980. The Egyptian Mummy, Secrets and Science.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 55 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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