Harris Papyrus

E481897

The Harris Papyrus is an extensive ancient Egyptian document from the reign of Ramesses III that records royal donations, temple endowments, and a summary of his achievements.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Great Harris Papyrus 2
Harris Papyrus canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian papyrus ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
royal inscription ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Harris Papyrus ⓘ
linked to: Harris Papyrus

Papyrus Harris I ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Amun ⓘ
Ptah ⓘ
Re ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Ramesses III ⓘ
chronologicalScope reign of Ramesses III ⓘ
collection British Museum Egyptian collection ⓘ
commissionedBy Ramesses IV ⓘ
content description of building activities ⓘ
description of military campaigns ⓘ
ideological justification of Ramesses III’s rule ⓘ
land grants to temples ⓘ
lists of offerings to temples ⓘ
record of royal donations ⓘ
record of temple endowments ⓘ
religious and cultic provisions ⓘ
summary of achievements of Ramesses III ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
currentLocation British Museum ⓘ
dateOfCreation reign of Ramesses IV ⓘ
linked to: Ramesses IV
describesReignOf Ramesses III ⓘ
dynasty Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
genre donation list ⓘ
royal propaganda text ⓘ
language Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
length over 130 feet ⓘ
over 40 meters ⓘ
material papyrus ⓘ
mentions foreign campaigns and tribute ⓘ
offerings of gold, silver, and grain ⓘ
temples throughout Egypt ⓘ
period New Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDiscovery Thebes ⓘ
purpose to document royal benefactions to temples ⓘ
to glorify the reign of Ramesses III ⓘ
to legitimize royal authority ⓘ
script hieratic ⓘ
significance important source for royal ideology in the Twentieth Dynasty ⓘ
key document for understanding New Kingdom temple economy ⓘ
major source for the history of Ramesses III ⓘ
one of the longest known papyri from Ancient Egypt ⓘ
structure multiple columns of text ⓘ
typeOf royal donation register ⓘ
writtenOnBehalfOf Ramesses III ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ramesses III → knownFor → Harris Papyrus ⓘ
Ramesses III → associatedDocument → Great Harris Papyrus ⓘ
linked to: Harris Papyrus
Harris Papyrus → alsoKnownAs → Great Harris Papyrus ⓘ
linked to: Harris Papyrus