Science in Ancient Egypt

Papyrus London UC 32781

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
embalming manners of death
Alternative Names
Papyrus Rifeh Trismegistos 755047
Present location
Europe » Great Britain » (Cities K-N) » London » Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Inventory number: UC 32781

Find spot
Asyut to First Cataract » Between Asyut and Abydos » West Bank » Deir Rifa
Date
from: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » New Kingdom » 18th Dynasty to: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » New Kingdom » 19th Dynasty
Text type
monograph/handbook
Material
Organic » Fiber (from plants and animals) » Papyrus
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Scroll
Script
Hieratic
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Middle Egyptian
Editions

- Fischer-Elfert 2013: H.-W. Fischer-Elfert, Anfang eines íry.w-Traktats des wtí-Umwicklers inclusive einer post-mortalen Thanatologie. (Pap. UCL 32781 verso), in: Chronique d'Égypte 88 (175), 2013, 15–34.

- Petrie 1907: W. M. F. Petrie, Gizeh and Rifeh (Double Volume), British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account 13 (London 1907).

Bibliographic references

 - Černý 1977 (= 1952): J. Černý, Paper & Books in Ancient Egypt. An Inaugural Lecture Delivered at University College London, 29 May 1947 (London 1977 (= 1952)).

- Fischer-Elfert 2013: H.-W. Fischer-Elfert, Anfang eines íry.w-Traktats des wtí-Umwicklers inclusive einer post-mortalen Thanatologie. (Pap. UCL 32781 verso), in: Chronique d'Égypte 88 (175), 2013, 15–34.

- Petrie 1907: W. M. F. Petrie, Gizeh and Rifeh (Double Volume), British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account 13 (London 1907).

- Posener 1976: G. Posener, L’enseignement loyaliste. Sagesse égyptienne du Moyen Empire, Centre de Recherches d’Histoire et de Philologie de la IVe Section de l’Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes II. Hautes Études Orientales 5 (Genève 1976).

Online ressources

Trismegistos TM 755047 (11.06.2024)

Author
Dr. Lutz Popko
Author of metadata
Dr. Lutz Popko

Translation and Commentary

For complete metadata, translation, and commentary, see German version.