A Papyrus of The Late Middle Kingdom In the Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Large Quarto. [2] 165pp., [1] 14 plates. Original light brown textured cloth with Brooklyn Museum logo in red and reverse brown lettering on cover, gilt lettering and ruling on red label of spine. Publisher's device on title page. Wilbour Monographs - V. Reprint of the 1955 edition.
"Unlike the great Ramesside document named in his honor, the fragments of Papyrus Brooklyn 35.1446 were acquired in Egypt by Charles Edwin Wilbour himself on one of his many journeys up the Nile during the winters of 1881-1896. They come in all probability from the site of ancient Thebes..." (Introduction). Illustrated with fourteen b/w offset reproductions of the papyrus at rear, with descriptive text on facing pages. Contains indices at rear.
"When complete, the papyrus to which this fragment belonged measured almost seven feet long. The texts are written in a cursive form of hieroglyphs called hieratic. Differences in handwriting and in the historical events described demonstrate that different scribes added new inscriptions over several generations.
The most important text recounts the efforts of a Thirteenth Dynasty Theban noblewoman named Senebtisi to establish legal ownership of ninety-five household servants, whose names indicate that forty-five were of Asiatic origin. The presence of so many foreigners in a single household suggests that the Asiatic population was increasing rapidly in Thirteenth Dynasty Egypt." (Brooklyn Museum). Very good + condition. Item #53290
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