| TWO PAPYRI IN THE CAIRO MUSEUM |
These two papyri are hang on the walls of the stairs
up to the first floor of the Cairo Museum.
Nobody seems to pay any attention at them.
As they are in good condition, I thought may be some people
would enjoy having a look at them.
Of course, they are not labelled, so if anyone can provide
more details, he is welcome. |
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PAPYRUS N°1
"The first one comes from the Bab el-Gusus cache and belongs
to
Nespaqashouty, chief of the treasury of the divine adoratrix
of Amun. It
dates from the pontificate of high priest Psusennes, in the
21st dynasty.
Cairo N° SR. VII. 10272. Daressy's list A. 43. Cf.
A. Niwinski, OBO 86, p.
289 (Cairo 101)".
It has been published: A.-A.F. Sadek, Contribution à l'étude
de l'Amdouat, Les variantes tardives du Livre de l'Amdouat
dans les papyrus du Musée du Caire, OBO 65, Fribourg-Göttingen,
1985, p. 130-133 (= papyrus C11), pl. 18-19.
Thanks to Renaud de Spens and Giuseppina Lenzo
for the information.
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PAPYRUS N°2
"The second papyrus is the Book of the Dead of Maiherpri, a
child of royal
nursery and royal fan-bearer, found in his tomb in the Valley
of the Kings
(KV36) in 1899 by Loret. Reign of Thutmosis IV. (See Reeves
N., Wilkinson R.
The Complete Valley of the Kings. - London, 1996, pp. 179-181)."
Thanks to Victor Solkin
for the information.
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©Thierry BENDERITTER, 2003
English translation by Jon J Hirst
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