Papyrus reporting a case submitted to the great council
This papyrus fragment is one of the many pieces of evidence that we have on the legal role of the qenebet, the council of Deir el-Medina . We read in the text that, in the presence of the scribe Amennakht and a foreman, a case was submitted “asking the great council for its opinion”. Unfortunately, the fragmentary nature of the text does not allow us to understand which case it was exactly.
New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)
Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)
Ramesses III (Usermaatre Meriamun)
Thebes/Deir el-Medina (?)
Acquisition: Drovetti, Bernardino
Acquisition Date: 1824
Matthias Müller (MM), Robert Demarée (RD)
hieratic
Necropolis journal
New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)
Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)
Ramesses III (Usermaatre Meriamun)
No
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Matthias Müller (MM), Robert Demarée (RD)
hieratic
Necropolis journal
New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)
Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)
Ramesses III (Usermaatre Meriamun)
No
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