Accession number
Amh. Egy. Pap. 12
Object title
Amherst Egyptian Papyrus 12.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
1 pane of glass containing 1 papyrus fragment ; 5 1/2 x 4 3/4 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
Fragment of a papyrus "in a very curious hieratic character," apparently of about the same date as Egy. Pap. 13. Cf. Newberry.
Related fragments: according to Georges Posener, Amh. Egy. Pap. 12 and Amh. Egy. Pap. 13 are from the same roll.
Related fragments: according to Georges Posener, Amh. Egy. Pap. 12 and Amh. Egy. Pap. 13 are from the same roll.
Script
hieroglyphic, hieratic
Language
Egyptian
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