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Amh. Egy. Pap. 2
Title:
Amherst Egyptian Papyrus 2.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description:
1 pane of glass containing 2 fragments : papyrus ; Item F, 2 x 1 inches; Item G, 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Lord Amherst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Two fragments of a second text of the Story of the peasant. Probably from the Lieder Collection; they do not appear to belong to either of the Berlin copies. Cf. Newberry.
Believed to have been found at Thebes.
Related fragments: Amh. Egy. Pap. 1; Amh. Egy. Pap. 3; Amh. Egy. Pap. 4.
Script:
hieroglyphic, hieratic
Language:
Egyptian
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