Manuscripts
Papyrus of Paanfai
- Description
- Papyrus inscribed in hieratic and hieroglyphic script containing the Adoration of Osiris and magical spells. Written for "Paanfai", who also had the title: "priest of Amun-Re, king of the gods". Originated in Thebes during the Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, (approximately 990-976 B.C.). Four sheets of papyri joined together, outside edges not visible under matting. Sheet 1: 9 cm visible from edge of matting to center of illustration. Sheet 2: 19.5 cm from center of illustration to column 1. Sheet 3: 20.5 cm from column 1 to column 2. Sheet 4: 16.5 cm visible from column 2 to edge of matting.
- Date
- approximately 990-970 B.C.
- Call number
- mssHM 46671
- Provenance
- Written for PꜢ-ʿn-fꜢı͗ "Paanfai", wʿb n I͗mn-Rʿ ny-sw.t nṯr.w "priest of Amun-Re, king of the gods"
- Alice and George Millard collection Illustrating the evolution of the book, acquired for the Huntington Library by a group of their friends in 1939.
- Restrictions
- RESTRICTED. Oversized. Cannot be paged, imaged or reproduced without conservator review. Use of original may require special handling instructions and extended retrieval and delivery time.
- Dimensions
- 23 x 67 cm (inner size of frame)
- Associated people
- Millard, George M., (1873-1938,)
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