Feature Object: The 'Great Harris Papyrus', 20th Dynasty

British Museum

Feature Object: The 'Great Harris Papyrus', 20th Dynasty
At 42m in length, the Harris Papyrus (named after A.C. Harris who purchased it in 1855) is one of the longest yet found from ancient Egypt. It is now held in the British Museum. Unlike many of the other papyrii we often see pictured in books and online, this is not a 'Book of the Dead' or funerary papyrus, but rather it records donations made by Ramesses III (ca.1184-1153 BCE) to the major cult temples in Thebes to the State gods [Right to left] Amun, Mut and Khonsu (shown below), it also contains information about minor temples and literary account of the 20th Dynasty.
The art-work on the papyrus is particularly fine, as are the hieroglyphs. Its original provenance is unfortunately, unknown but it may have come from the workman's village of Deir el-Medina where some of Egypt's finest artisans lived and worked on the nearby tombs of the Valley of the Kings and Queens during the New Kingdom.
Click to go to a zoomable page to examine the incredible detail on this unique papyrus.
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  1. hmm ..... a wife and husband ofc ....she has a offensive name

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  2. Scull crUsher Mut, or more correctly Mwt is pronounced 'moot' in ancient Egyptian and it means "Mother" and "Vulture" so it's not offensive at all. :)

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  3. Oh okay i meant calling her mooo! is offensive not mut i mean theres a nut nothing is more funny than that no disrespect ( The gods forbid me)

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