manuscripts (object)

The first of three frames of a fragmentary papyrus roll in hieratic, in red and black in thick, large, clear signs, with guideline on both sides, recording names of musicians and dancers and the days on which they served in festivals. More than half eaten away by insects, but with parts of upper edge intact. On the verso only two lines of entries have been filled in below the table column-headings. Petrie lot No. XLI.1

Lahun

Kahun, Workmens' Town

- Griffith, Francis Llewellyn, Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob, pp 59-62, II, pl. XXIV-XXV
- Quirke, Stephen, Women in Ancient Egypt: Temple Titles and Funerary Papyri, p. 229

late Middle Kingdom

LDUCE-UC32191i

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology