Accession number
Amh. Egy. Pap. 4
Object title
Amherst Egyptian Papyrus 4.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
1 pane of glass containing 5 fragments : papyrus ; various dimensions; smallest, 1x 1/4 in.; largest, 5 x 1 2/4 in.
Provenance
Lord Amherst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
(m) 1 3/4 x 1 inches; (n) 2 1/4 x 3 inches; (o) 1 x 1/4 inch; (p) 5 x 1 3/4 inches; (q) 1 1/2 x 1 inches.
Literary manuscript fragments which originally formed part of the outer roll of Papyrus no. 1 of the Berlin Museum, probably obtained together with Amh. Egy. Pap. 1, 2 and 3 (fragments a-l).
Believed to have been found at Thebes.
Related fragments: Amh. Egy. Pap. 1; Amh. Egy. Pap. 2; Amh. Egy. Pap. 3.
Literary manuscript fragments which originally formed part of the outer roll of Papyrus no. 1 of the Berlin Museum, probably obtained together with Amh. Egy. Pap. 1, 2 and 3 (fragments a-l).
Believed to have been found at Thebes.
Related fragments: Amh. Egy. Pap. 1; Amh. Egy. Pap. 2; Amh. Egy. Pap. 3.
Script
hieroglyphic, hieratic
Language
Egyptian
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