Amherst Egyptian Papyrus 6.1.

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Accession number: 
Amh. Egy. Pap. 6.1
Title: 
Amherst Egyptian Papyrus 6.1.
Credit: 
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description: 
1 pane of glass containing papyrus fragments ; 7 x 1 1/2
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: 

Legal manuscript fragments of papyrus listing the names of the thieves implicated in the robbery king Sebek-em- sau-ef and his consort Nub-kha-s's tomb.
Related fragments: Amh. Egy. Pap. 6.2, Amh. Egy. Pap. 6.3, Amh. Egy. Pap. 6.4.

Script: 
hieroglyphic, hieratic
Language: 
Egyptian
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