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Amh. Egy. Pap. 6.2
Title:
Amherst Egyptian Papyrus 6.2.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description:
1 pane of glass containing 1 papyrus fragment ; 8 x 13 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:
Legal manuscript fragments of papyrus containing the confession of a thief who had robbed the tomb of king Sebek-em-sau-ef and his consort Nub-kha-s.
Related fragments: Amh. Egy. Pap. 6.1, Amh. Egy. Pap. 6.3, Amh. Egy. Pap. 6.4.
Script:
hieroglyphic, hieratic
Language:
Egyptian
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