List of papyri of ancient Egypt

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The list of papyri in Ancient Egypt includes papyri in Egyptian language written in hieratic and demotic script, as well as Egyptian hieroglyphics . Papyri in Coptic, Greek, Aramaic, Arabic and other languages ​​are listed in separate lists.

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Content

The contents are varied and include, in addition to the Egyptian Book of the Dead and the King's List, various administrative documents such as invoices or documents from court proceedings, but also magical and medical texts, mathematical calculations, literary narratives, life lessons, maps.

Designations

The individual papyri have received their different names or designations either from their buyer, discoverer or owner or from the respective place of discovery or storage. The documents are also named by specifying the storage location and additional numbering, such as “Papyrus Berlin 3048”.

Papyrus groups

Surname Time of origin Content and comments Archives and collections
Abusir papyri 5th dynasty from / via Neferirkare Kakai  
Elephantine papyri 21st century BC BC - 9th century Letters and business documents etc. in hieratic script, Aramaic, Demotic, Greek, Latin, Coptic and Arabic languages
Gebelein papyri 5th dynasty  ? List of residents Egyptian Museum Turin
Lahunpapyri 13th Dynasty see also Medical Papyri from Lahun Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology , London
Medical papyri Chester Beatty Ramesside time Magical texts with medical content British Museum , London

Individual papyri

Surname Time of origin Content and comments Archive and signature Repository
Liturgy of Chonsu-maa-cheru Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty completely, from / via Chonsu-maa-cheru Ethnological Museum Hamburg
Abbott Papyrus 20th dynasty Negotiations over grave robbery British Museum London
Amherst VII papyrus 20th dynasty Negotiations about grave robbery (lower half of P. Leopold II) Morgan Library new York
Papyrus Amherst IX (Astarte Papyrus) 18th dynasty Astarte and the insatiable sea Bibliothèque nationale
Morgan Library 		Paris ,
New York
Amherst Papyrus 63 4th century BC Chr. Cult songs of Western Semitic origin, etc. a. with parallels to biblical psalms aramaic-demotic Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Papyrus Anastasi I New kingdom satirical letter British Museum London
Papyrus of Ani 19th dynasty    
Papyrus Berlin 3022 12th dynasty The story of Sinuhe Egyptian Museum, P. 3022 Berlin
Papyrus Berlin 3024 12th dynasty Pastoral story and conversation of a weary man with his soul Egyptian Museum, P. 3024 Berlin
Papyrus Berlin 3048 23rd Dynasty   Egyptian Museum, P. 3048 Berlin
Papyrus Bibliothèque nationale 202, belongs to Papyrus Amherst IX (Astarte Papyrus) 18th dynasty Astarte and the insatiable sea Bibliothèque nationale de France Paris
Papyrus BM 10808 2nd century AD Summoning of three fever demons British Museum London
Papyrus Boulaq 4 21st dynasty rto: teaching of Ani , vso: u. a. Draft of an oracle decree Egyptian Museum Cairo
Papyrus Boulaq 18 13th Dynasty Administrative documents Egyptian Museum Cairo
Bremner-Rhind papyrus 312/311 BC Chr. magic quotes collection British Museum London
Brooklyn Papyrus 35.1446 Middle realm Administrative documents Brooklyn Museum new York
Papyrus Buenos Aires 12th - 14th dynasty The story of Sinuhe Museo Etnográfico Juán B. Ambrosetti Buenos Aires
Papyrus Carlsberg VI late 18th - early 19th dynasty Teaching for Merikare C. Niebuhr Instituttet Copenhagen
Papyrus Chassinat II
(Papyrus Louvre E 25352) 		Third intermediate time - late time Ghost story of the Chassinat II papyrus Louvre Paris
Papyrus Chester Beatty V 19th dynasty Teaching of the Ani British Museum, BM EA 10685 London
Papyrus Chester Beatty VI 19th dynasty Medical "textbook" about the anus British Museum, BM EA 10686 London
Book of the Dead papyrus of Chonsu-maa-cheru Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty completely, from / via Chonsu-maa-cheru Ethnological Museum Hamburg
Papyrus Deir el-Medineh 1 rto: teaching of Ani , vso: magical texts
Ebers papyrus 16th century BC Chr. rto: medical composite manuscript, vso: Sothis calendar University library Leipzig
Edwin Smith Papyrus 16th century BC Chr. also: "Wound Book"; medical treatise Academy of Medicine new York
Greenfield papyrus 12th century BC Chr. Egyptian Book of the Dead (parts) British Museum ,
BM 10554 		London
Harageh Papyrus 1 12th dynasty The story of Sinuhe Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology UC 32773 London
Large Harris
Papyrus (Papyrus Harris I) 		20th dynasty Of Ramses IV. Led Statement of temple foundations of Ramses III. British Museum London
Harris 500 papyrus 19th dynasty Love songs, Harper song of Antef , The conquest of Joppa , The enchanted prince British Museum London
Harris Papyrus 501 19th dynasty magic text British Museum London
Harris A Papyrus   Tomb robber trial British Museum London
Hearst papyrus Beginning of the New Kingdom Medical composite manuscript University of California, Berkeley
Papyrus Hood 10th century BC Chr.    
Papyrus Jumilhac Late period Cult topographic papyrus, reference to the 17th / 18th centuries Upper Egyptian Gau, u. a. also the subject of Bata's castration (see also two-brother fairy tales ), hieroglyphs , vignettes Louvre, E. 17110 Paris
Papyrus Lee 20th dynasty Trial of the Punishment of the Harem Conspirators
Papyrus Leiden I 344
(Ipuwer Papyrus) 		17th century BC Chr. by some researchers as Egyptian counterpart to describe the ten plagues in Exodus seen Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Suffer
Papyrus Leningrad 1115 11th / 12th dynasty History of the shipwrecked man Hermitage St. Petersburg
Papyrus Leningrad 1116A
(Papyrus Petersburg 1116A) 		18th dynasty vso: apprenticeship for Merikare , rto: accounts from the royal shipyard Hermitage St. Petersburg
Papyrus Leopold II 20th dynasty Negotiations about grave robbery (upper half of Fr. Amherst VII) Royal Museums of Art and History Brussels
Papyrus London 10059 Late 18th dynasty ,
1350 BC. Chr. 		Medical composite manuscript British Museum London
Papyrus London UC32156A late 12th - early 13th dynasty (according to origin from Kahun) rto: history of the Neferpesedjet , vso: administrative text Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology London
Papyrus Lythgoe
(Papyrus MMA 09.180.535) 		2nd half of the 12th dynasty The story of the pLythgoe Metropolitan Museum of Art new York
Papyrus Moscow 120 Third intermediate time Wenamun's travelogue Pushkin Museum Moscow
Papyrus Moscow 4658 18th dynasty Teaching for Merikare Pushkin Museum Moscow
Papyrus Moscow 4676 Middle realm Golenischew Mathematik Papyrus Pushkin Museum Moscow
Papyrus D'Orbiney 19th dynasty Two brother tales British Museum London
Papyrus Prisse 13th Dynasty Life Lessons: Lessons for Kagemni and Ptahhotep Bibliothèque nationale Paris
Papyrus Ramesseum
(Papyrus Berlin 0499) 		13-14 dynasty The story of Sinuhe Egyptian Museum, P. 0499 Berlin
Reinhardt Papyrus 21st dynasty Land register Egyptian Museum, P. 3063 Berlin
Reisner papyri 12th dynasty Administrative documents related to construction works  
Papyrus Rhind 19th century BC Chr. Math papyrus British Museum London
Papyrus Rifaud 20th dynasty Trial of the Punishment of the Harem Conspirators
Rollin Papyrus 20th dynasty Trial of the Punishment of the Harem Conspirators
Papyrus Turin 1885 20th dynasty Antique grave plan from KV2 Egyptian Museum Turin
Legal Papyrus Turin
(Turin Court Papyrus ) 		20th dynasty Trial of the Punishment of the Harem Conspirators Egyptian Museum Turin
Turin Royal Papyrus 19th dynasty King List Egyptian Museum Turin
Turin deposits papyrus 12th century BC Chr. ancient Egyptian deposit papyrus; ancient egyptian map Egyptian Museum Turin
Papyrus Westcar
(Papyrus Berlin 3033) 		Second split fragmented, by / about Pharaoh Cheops / Khufu Egyptian Museum, P. 3033 Berlin

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bonnet: Reallexikon. P. 53, → Book of Apophis. #