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papyrus
Object Type
papyrus
Museum number
EA75022
Description
Parts of a sheet of papyrus with hieratic text in black ink; part of a Late Ramesside Letter; in its condition as conserved and registered it consisted of two larger pieces and four adjacent minor fragments. All are now joined with 75019 and 75020, and the frame is empty.
Cultures/periods
20th Dynasty
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
William John Bankes
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt)
Materials
papyrus
Dimensions
Height:
2.50 centimetres
(largest)
Width:
8.50 centimetres
(largest)
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
epistolary
Curator's comments
Part of 1996,0217.5-6
William John Bankes travelled in Egypt in 1815-1818, and is known to have collected papyri at Thebes on his second journey to Upper Egypt (1818). This papyrus is from a batch of Late Ramesside Letters acquired in 1818 by Bankes.
Bibliographic references
Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources
(139355)
(http://www.trismegistos.org/text/139355)
Taylor et al 2011 / The history and conservation of the papyrus of Tuy
(p.98)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Papyrus Survey: Condition Details: Mount Details: Sandwich: glass Binding: magic tape Binding: self adhesive tape Object Priority: A Mount Priority: A Overall Condition: A Curatorial condition comment: torn but solid
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
National Trust
Acquisition date
1996
Acquisition notes
Acquired by Bankes in 1818.
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA75022
Registration number
1996,0217.8
Conservation
Treatment
: 08 Sep 2000
Treatment
: 13 Jul 1999
Treatment
: 31 Oct 1996