Papyrus R (British Museum 10499)

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Papyrus R (British Museum 10499) is an ancient Egyptian manuscript housed in the British Museum, best known as one of the principal sources for the Middle Kingdom literary work "The Tale of Sinuhe."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Papyrus R 1
Papyrus R (British Museum 10499) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle Kingdom manuscript ⓘ
ancient Egyptian manuscript ⓘ
literary papyrus ⓘ
alsoKnownAs BM 10499 ⓘ
Papyrus R ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Senusret I of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Senusret I
associatedWork ancient Egyptian narrative "The Tale of Sinuhe" ⓘ
linked to: The Tale of Sinuhe
catalogueNumber EA 10499 ⓘ
chronologicalContext early second millennium BCE ⓘ
cityLocatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
collectionCode British Museum 10499 ⓘ
conservationStatus preserved in museum collection ⓘ
countryLocatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
culture ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
fieldOfStudy Egyptology ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern literature ⓘ
papyrology ⓘ
genreOfTextContained ancient Egyptian literature ⓘ
hasSignificance important source for ancient Egyptian narrative prose ⓘ
key manuscript for Middle Kingdom literary studies ⓘ
heldBy British Museum ⓘ
importanceFor reconstructing Middle Kingdom narrative style ⓘ
understanding Egyptian concepts of kingship and loyalty ⓘ
isPrimaryWitnessOf text of The Tale of Sinuhe ⓘ
isPrincipalSourceFor The Tale of Sinuhe ⓘ
language Middle Egyptian ⓘ
literaryFormContained narrative tale ⓘ
literaryTradition Egyptian wisdom and narrative tradition ⓘ
mainWorkContained The Tale of Sinuhe ⓘ
material papyrus ⓘ
medium ink on papyrus roll ⓘ
museumDepartment Department of Egypt and Sudan ⓘ
period Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
relatedTo other Sinuhe manuscripts and ostraca ⓘ
repository British Museum, London ⓘ
linked to: British Museum
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
subjectMatter exile and return of Sinuhe ⓘ
royal ideology in Middle Kingdom Egypt ⓘ
typeOfWorkContained courtly tale ⓘ
usedBy Egyptologists studying Middle Kingdom literature ⓘ
usedFor philological study of Middle Egyptian language ⓘ
reconstructing the text of The Tale of Sinuhe ⓘ
writingMaterial ink ⓘ
writingSystem hieratic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

The Tale of Sinuhe → notableManuscript → Papyrus R (British Museum 10499) ⓘ
Papyrus R (British Museum 10499) → alsoKnownAs → Papyrus R ⓘ
linked to: Papyrus R (British Museum 10499)