papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10685,5
- Title
- Object: Papyrus Chester Beatty 5
- Description
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Papyrus Chester Beatty V; sheet 5; Hieratic literary text recto and verso. Late Egyptian Miscellanies. Recto 7, Verso 2.
Recto: Hymn to the Nile; Various Short Texts in Letter Form
Verso: Conclusion of Short Texts; Jottings; Magical Texts
- Dimensions
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Length: 30.50 centimetres (frame)
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Width: 25.50 centimetres (frame)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published:
Gardiner, Hieratic Papyri Vol. 1, 45-52, Vol. 2, Plates 25 & 25A, Recto 7, Plate 27, Verso 2.
Neveu, RdE 41, p. 147 [Recto. 7, 8].
For edition of the Hymn to the Inundation: W. Helck, Der Text des "Nilhymnus", KÄT, Wiesbaden 1972;
D. van der Plas, L'Hymne à la crue du Nil, EU 4, Leiden 1986, passim und Bd. II, 158-161.
The text of this poem is available on T.L.A (http://aaew.bbaw.de/tla/)
Translation: M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature. Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1973 (=1975), 204-210.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: fractured, loss
Black ink
Red ink
Tabbed: silk
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: leather
Object Priority: B
Mount Priority: A
Overall Condition: B
Curatorial condition comment:
fair - lacunae
- Acquisition date
- 1930
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10685,5
- Registration number
- 1930,0710.4.5
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.5
