P. Bibliotheque Nationale 197, III | |
Other nos.: | LRL 18 |
Description: | Papyrus sheet, 10.5 x 21 cm. Complete, except for some holes. Palimpsest. Recto V/H, verso H/V. Top recto = bottom verso. In black ink 5 lines of writing on the recto and 4 lines (including address) on the verso. Address at the bottom of the verso. |
Classification: | letter |
Keywords: | commissioning - document - message |
Provenance: | Acquired by the Bibliotheque Nationale from the collection of F. Cailliaud formed in 1817 or 1818 in Thebes. |
Publication: | Černý, Late Ramesside Letters , X and XV (description), 34 (transcription); Janssen, Late Ramesside Letters and Communications , pl. 76 (photographs); Spiegelberg, Correspondances , 17-18 (transcription); Wente, Late Ramesside Letters , 52 (translation and commentary); Wente, Letters , 184 no. 304 (translation). |
Dates mentioned: | - |
Dates attributed: | Late dyn. 20 (Černý); year 10 of wHm ms.w.t of Ramesses XI (Wente) |
Contents: | Brief letter from the General of Pharaoh (PAy-anx ) to the necropolis scribe 7ry , in reply to his message confirming he is accomplishing all assignments and commissions of the General and urging him to keep on doing this. |
Terminology: | ix rx=k (verso 3); NN n NN (recto 1, verso 4); r Dd (recto 3); hAb (recto 2, 3); Hna Dd (recto 2); Sa.t (recto 5) |
Names/Titles: | an. (pA im.y-r mSa n Pr-aA anx wDA snb ; recto 1; verso 4); an. (pAy=i nb ; recto 4); 7ry (sS ; recto 1 - written 7rry ; sS n pA 2r ; verso 4) |
Remarks: | - |