Administrative papyrus
On the recto of Cat. 1891 there is a dated list of names of workmen at Deir el-Medina. The list was drawn up by high officials who assembled the group and increased the workforce to 120 men. This was enacted according to an order instructed by the Pharaoh. Unfortunately, only the beginning section of the list of names has survived, that of the “right side” led by a chief workman named Nekhemmut.
On the verso there is an account of the delivery of supplies to the workmen of the temple of Ramesses III as part of temple celebrations. The supplies include honey, ointment and curd. This text is followed by a dated note about the delivery written by a scribe of the treasury of the Temple of Amun.
New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)
Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)
Ramesses IV (Heqamaatre Setepenamun)
Thebes/Deir el-Medina (?)
Acquisition: Drovetti, Bernardino
Acquisition Date: 1824
English translation in preparation
for the French translation log in or see Ramses Online (ID 3657)
Anne-Claude Honnay (ACH, Ramses Online)
Juan José Archidona Ramírez (JJAR)
hieratic
Name, Note, List, Account
names, workmen
Royal necropolis/tomb (pA-xr), Great and Noble Tomb of Millions of Years (pA-xr-aA-Sps.y-n-HH.w), Thebes (wAs.t)
New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)
Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)
Ramesses IV (Heqamaatre Setepenamun)
No
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KRI VI, p. 76–77 (OEB 13544)
Deir el-Medina Database
English translation in preparation
for the French translation log in or see Ramses Online (ID 3733)
Anne-Claude Honnay (ACH, Ramses Online)
Juan José Archidona Ramírez (JJAR)
hieratic
Administrative text, Account, Delivery
curd, delivery, jars, hin (measurement), workmen, honey, treasury, temple, names, ointment
Place of nHb (tA-s.t-nHb), Temple of Ramesses III (tA-Hw.t-wsr-mAa.t-ra-mry-imn)
New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)
Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)
Ramesses IX (Neferkare Setepenre)
No
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KRI VI, p. 636–637(OEB 13544)
Deir el-Medina Database