Amherst Egyptian Papyrus 7.3.
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Amh. Egy. Pap. 7.3
Title:
Amherst Egyptian Papyrus 7.3.
Credit:
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. 7.2, 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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