Accession number
Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.2
Object title
Amherst Egyptian Papyrus 7.2.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
1 pane of glass containing papyrus fragments
Provenance
Mr. Harris of Alexandria; Lord Amherst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
One of 7 original tracings of a papyrus, the last lines of the pages being almost entirely destroyed. Tracings made by Miss Harris ca. 1860. The original papyrus was found at Medinet Habu ca. 1860 and purchased by the Trustees of the British Museum in 1885; it is now in the National Collection.
Related fragments: Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.1, Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.3, Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.4, Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.5, Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.6, Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.7-8.
Related fragments: Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.1, Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.3, Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.4, Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.5, Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.6, Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.7-8.
Script
hieroglyphic, hieratic
Language
Egyptian
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