papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10185,5
- Title
- Object: Papyrus Sallier 1
- Description
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Papyrus Sallier I; sheet 5; Hieratic literary text recto and verso. Late Egyptian Miscellanies. Recto: col 7.1-7.8 "The profession of a Scribe is superior", col 7.9-8.2 "The Idle Scribe", col 8.2-8.7 "Prayer to Thoth", col 8.7-8.11 "Eulogy of Merenptah" Verso: Teaching of Amenemhat.
- Dimensions
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Length: 56.80 centimetres (frame)
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Width: 25 centimetres (frame)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Miscellany
Gardiner Late Egyptian Miscellanies pp. 84-7
Caminos Late Egyptian Miscellanies pp. 317-25
Published: F. Adrom, Die Lehre des Amenemhet (BAe 19, 2006).
Translation of Amenemhat: Parkinson, The Tale of Sinuhe and other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940-1640 BC (Oxford World's Classics 1999), 203-11.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
Nov 2003-Jul 2005. Germany: Hamm, Schallaburg, Mannheim, Hannover. "War & Peace."
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: powdery
Black ink
Red ink
Backed: white paper
Backed: glassine paper
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: leather
Object Priority: B
Mount Priority: A
Overall Condition: C
Curatorial condition comment:
fair
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Teaching of Amenemhat
- Acquisition date
- 1839
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10185,5
- Registration number
- .10185.5
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.5
