Besides information about their authors, letters contain vital information about the private lives of individuals. Quite often, the careful studies of letters reveal how ordinary, but also how unusual the life of men and especially women in pharaonic history could be. This is a private letter with wishes for well-being and a safe journey back home.
New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)
Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)
Ramesses XI (Menmaatre Setepenptah)
Thebes/Deir el-Medina (?)
Acquisition: Drovetti, Bernardino
Acquisition Date: 1824
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Anne-Claude Honnay (ACH, Ramses Online), Laurence Neven (LH, Ramses Online)
Matthias Müller (MM)
hieratic
Letter
arrival, departure, document, message
New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)
Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)
Ramesses XI (Menmaatre Setepenptah)
No
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Cerný, LRL, pls. X–XI and XV; pp. 39–40 (OEB 136743);
Janssen, Late Ramesside Letters pls. XCVII–XCVIII (OEB 32799);
Wente, Late Ramesside Letters, p. 56 (OEB 16975);
Wente, Letters, p. 182 no. 299 (OEB 32800).
Laurence Neven (LH, Ramses Online), Anne-Claude Honnay (ACH, Ramses Online)
Matthias Müller (MM)
hieratic
Letter
message, document, departure, arrival
New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)
Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)
Ramesses XI (Menmaatre Setepenptah)
No
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