Reproduction
Object Category
manuscripts (object)
Description
The first of three frames of a highly fragmentary accounts papyrus in hieratic, reconstructed from many pieces, with remains of a table of accounts in two pages each consisting of 12 or more horizontal lines with six vertical columns, concerning livestock in year 21 (of Amenemhat III), in large, thick, clear signs, in red and black, on recto; and on verso six narrow pages of about 25 lines each, in more cursive black signs, recording goods taken in the 'taking' (hnw ity n twt). Badly torn, with numerous insect-holes. Petrie lot No. VI.10.
Collection Place
Lahun
Collection Place Notes
Kahun Workmens' Town
Production Period
Amenemhat III
Material
Dimensions
Fragment height: 32 cms
Fragment width: 83 cms
Frame height: 15.3 cms
Frame width: 21 cms
Frame depth: 0.8 cms
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC32179i
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology