P. Turin Cat. 2069/131 + P. Turin Cat. 2069/132 | |
Other nos.: | LRL 39 |
Description: | Papyrus sheet (two joining fragments), 26 x 12.5 cm. Damaged. Recto V/H, verso H/V. Top recto = bottom verso. A horizontal join is visible at 3 cm from the top of the recto. In black ink 10 lines of writing on the recto and 2 lines (including address) on the verso. The left half of the papyrus is lost and as a result the ends of all lines on both recto and verso are missing. Address at the bottom of the verso. |
Classification: | letter |
Keywords: | document - grain rations - message - Necropolis - sending out - side (of gang) |
Provenance: | Acquired by the Government of Piedmont for the Turin museum in 1823 with the collection of B. Drovetti formed around 1818 in Thebes. |
Publication: | Černý, Late Ramesside Letters , XIII and XV (description), 61 (transcription); Janssen, Late Ramesside Letters and Communications , pl. 105 (photographs); Wente, Late Ramesside Letters , 75 (translation and commentary). |
Dates mentioned: | - |
Dates attributed: | Late dyn. 20 (Černý); year 10 of wHm ms.w.t of Ramesses XI (Wente) |
Contents: | A brief letter from the principal of the harem of Amon-Re 1rr.t to the troop captain PA-sg , concerning the grain rations for the necropolis workmen. See Remarks. |
Terminology: | NN n NN (recto ~1#-2; verso ~2#); r Dd (recto 8); hAb (recto [3], [7](?), 9); Hna Dd (recto 2); Sa.t (recto [2]) |
Names/Titles: | an. (nA rmT n pA 2r ; recto ~3#); PA-sg (Hr.y-pD.t ; recto 2; verso [2]); 1rr.t (f.; wr.t xnr.t Sma.y.t n Imn-Ra-nswt-nTr.w ; recto ~1#; verso ~2#) |
Remarks: | Contents: The grain rations are also the main subject of P. Turin 54101 (LRL 38). |