List of papyri from ancient Egypt

This list of papyri from ancient Egypt includes some of the better known individual papyri written in hieroglyphs, hieratic, demotic or in ancient Greek. Excluded are papyri found abroad or containing Biblical texts which are listed in separate lists.

The content descriptions are preceded by a letter in bold font, indicating the literary genre it belongs to. In the case of collections of texts of various kinds, the first letter refers to the most important text on the papyrus. B : biographical D : drawings: cartoons, maps F : funerary: Books of the Dead L : literary texts: tales, poems O : official records P : private papyri, correspondence, contracts R : religious, myths S : scientific: mathematical, medical T : teachings, instructions W : wordlists

NameDate:century BCEContentInstitutionRef #CityCountryDiary of Merer26thO - stone transport to the Great Pyramid of GizaEgyptian MuseumCairoEgyptAbusir Papyri25th or laterO - about Neferirkare KakaiMoscow Mathematical Papyrus21stS - Mathematical problems and solutionsPushkin State Museum of Fine ArtsMoscowRussiaBerlin Papyrus21st or laterS - Medical and mathematical topicsEgyptian Museum of BerlinP. Berlin 6619BerlinGermanyDramatic Ramesseum Papyrus20thR - Religious dramaBritish MuseumP. BM EA 10610,2LondonUKWestcar Papyrus20thL - Tales of MagicEgyptian Museum of BerlinP. Berlin 3033BerlinGermanyHeqanakht Papyri20thP - Private Correspondence of HeqanakhtMetropolitan Museum of Art22.3New York CityUnited StatesPapyrus Hermitage 1116APapyrus Moscow,Papyrus Carlsberg 620th or laterT - Instruction of MerikareP. Leningrad 111520th or laterL - Tale of the shipwrecked sailorRussian MuseumP. Leningrad 1115MoscowRussiaPrisse Papyrus20th or laterT - Instruction addressed to KagemniThe Maxims of PtahhotepBibliothèque NationaleParisFrancePapyrus Berlin 3023Papyrus Berlin 3025Papyrus Berlin 1049920th or laterL - The Eloquent PeasantP. Berlin 3023P. Berlin 3025P. Berlin 10499BerlinGermanyPapyrus Butler 52720th or laterL - The Eloquent PeasantBritish MuseumP. BM 10274LondonUKPapyrus Berlin 302420th or laterL - Dispute between a man and his Ba, Herdsman's TaleP. Berlin 3024BerlinGermanyHearst Papyrus20th or laterS - Medical textsUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CAUnited StatesRhind Mathematical Papyrus19th or laterS - Mathematical problems and solutionsBritish MuseumpBM 10057, pBM 10058LondonUKKahun Papyri19thS - Mathematical and medical topicsUniversity College LondonLondonUKPapyrus Berlin 302219thB (?)- Story of SinuheP. Berlin 3022BerlinGermanyRamesseum medical papyri18thS - Medical textsPapyrus Boulaq 1818thO - palace administrationCairoEgyptLondon Medical Papyrus18thS - Medical textsBritish MuseumpBM 10059LondonUKReisner Papyrus18thO - official recordsIpuwer Papyrus17thT - The Admonitions of IpuwerRijksmuseum van OudhedenPapyrus Leiden I 344LeidenNetherlandsPapyrus Golenischeff17thR - Hymn to the Red CrownEdwin Smith Papyrus16th or earlierS - MedicalNew York Academy of MedicineNew York CityUnited StatesEbers Papyrus16thS - MedicalUniversity of LeipzigLeipzigGermanyMillingen Papyrus (now lost)16th or laterT - Instructions of AmenemhatCarlsberg Papyrus VIII15th (ca. 1400 BC) or later (perhaps Ramesside: 1292-1077 BC)S - Medical textsUniversity of CopenhagenVIIICopenhagenDenmarkTurin King List13th (1292-1077 BC; Ramesside)O - KinglistMuseo EgizioTurinItalyInstruction of Any13th or later (ca. 1250 BC)F - Book of the DeadBritish MuseumP. Boulaq 4CairoEgyptPapyrus Sallier II13th or laterT - The Satire of the TradesBritish MuseumLondonUKPapyrus Anastasi I13th or later (1292-1077 BC; Ramesside)T - Satirical letterBritish MuseumpBM 10247LondonUKPapyrus Harris I12th (1155–1149 BC)O - Lists of endowmentsBritish MuseumP. BM 9999.LondonUKJudicial Papyrus of Turin12thO - Report on the Harem conspiracy against Ramesses IIITurin Papyrus Map12th (ca. 1150 BC)D - MapMuseo EgizioTurinItalyAbbott Papyrus12th (ca. 1100 BC)O - Investigation of crimesBritish Museum10221LondonUKLeopold II and Amherst Papyrus12th (1113 BC)O - Investigation of crimesMusée d'artsBrusselsBelgiumMayer Papyri12th and later (A: 1083-1080 BC; B: 1118 BC)O - Investigation of crimesWorld MuseumM11162, M11186LiverpoolUKChester Beatty Medical Papyrus12thS - Medical textsBritish MuseumLondonUKPapyrus British Museum 1047412thT - Instructions of AmenemopetBritish MuseumP. BM 10474LondonUKPapyrus Lansing12thT - SchoolbookBritish MuseumP. BM 9994LondonUKPapyrus Chester Beatty IV12thT - The Immortality of WritersBritish MuseumP. BM 10684LondonUKPapyrus D’Orbiney12thL - Tale of Two BrothersBritish MuseumP. BM 10183LondonUKPapyrus Chester Beatty II12thL - Tale of Truth and FalsehoodBritish MuseumP. BM 10682LondonUKPapyrus Chester Beatty I12thL - Love poetryThe Contendings of Horus and SethTurin Erotic Papyrus12th (ca. 1150 BC)D - Animal and erotic cartoonsP. Turin 55001TurinItalyPapyrus Harris 50012th or laterL - Tale of the doomed prince, The Taking of Joppa, love poems, the Harper's SongBritish MuseumP. BM 10060LondonUKPapyrus Pushkin I12th or laterL - Moscow literary letterP. Pushkin IGreenfield Papyrus11thF - Book of the DeadBritish MuseumBM EA 10554LondonUKPapyrus Moscow 12011th or laterL - Story of WenamunP. Moscow 120Papyrus Hood10thW - Onomasticon of AmenopeBritish MuseumP. BM EA 10202LondonUKPapyrus Berlin 30488thP - Marriage contractP. Berlin 3048BerlinGermanyPapyrus Rylands 96thP - The petition of PedieseJohn Rylands LibraryP. Rylands 9ManchesterUKBrooklyn Papyrus5th (450 BC)S - Medical textsBrooklyn MuseumBrooklynUnited StatesPapyrus Bremner–Rhind4thR - The Songs of Isis and Nephthys.British MuseumP. BM 10188LondonUKBritish Museum Papyrus 105084th or laterT - Instruction of AnkhsheshonqBritish MuseumP. BM 10508LondonUKPapyrus Berlin 30084th or laterR - The Lamentations of Isis and NephthysP.Berlin 3008BerlinGermanyCairo Museum Papyrus No. 306464th or laterL - Setne IEgyptian MuseumCairo Museum Papyrus No. 30646CairoEgyptCairo Museum Papyrus No. 306924th or laterL - Setne IEgyptian MuseumCairo Museum Papyrus No. 30692CairoEgyptVienna Demotic Papyrus 61654th or laterL - Story-cycle of King PetubastisVienna Demotic Papyrus 6165ViennaAustriaLeiden Demotic Papyrus I 3844th or laterR - The Myth of the Eye of the SunRijksmuseum van OudhedenP.Leid.Dem. I 384LeidenNetherlandsPapyrus Milbank4th or later (332-30 BC)F - Book of the DeadInstitute for the Study of Ancient CulturesE10486ChicagoUnited StatesZenon Papyri3rd (250-230 BC)O/P: legal and financial transactions, architectural descriptionsdispersedvariousWaziri Papyrus I3rd or laterF - Book of the DeadEgyptian MuseumCairoEgyptMilan Papyrus3rd or later (ca. 220 BC)L - Poetry in GreekUniversity of MilanP.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309MilanItalyInsinger Papyrus1st or laterT - Instruction of Papyrus InsingerRijksmuseum van OudhedenF 95 / 5.1LeidenNetherlandsDryton and Apollonia Archive1st or later (174-94 BCE; Ptolemaic)P - family papersdispersedLewis, N: “Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt”, pp 88–103. Oxford University Press, 1986Papyrus Bingen 45Before 23 February 33 BCO/P: Letter and official ordinance possibly containing an autograph of CleopatraEgyptian Museum of BerlinP.Bingen 45 or Papyrus Berlin 25239BerlinGermanyBritish Museum Papyrus 6041st AD (39 AD)L - Setne IIBritish MuseumP. BM 604LondonUK

List of papyri from ancient Egypt

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