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Inventory number

Cat.1973

  • Document
  • Writing Recto
  • Writing Verso

General description

Letter

Cat. 1973 is a letter is written the scribe of the royal necropolis Djehutymes and addressed to his son Butehamun and the chantress of Amun Shedemduat. He informs them that he has left his superior (the general) in Elephantine while heading south towards Nubia and urges them to pray for his safe return. He enquires about the health of his recipients and sends regards to the woman named Hemetsherit and her daughter as well as the scribes Amunhotep, Takamen and Shedsumut. He reminds them to take libation offerings to Amun and not to neglect the orders that were given to them.

Epoch

New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)

Dynasty

Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)

Pharaoh

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Provenance

Thebes/Deir el-Medina (?)

Acquisition: Drovetti, Bernardino

Acquisition Date: 1824

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Image(s)

Image

  • Text 1

Hieroglyphs

  • Hieroglyphs
    • Hieroglyphs
    • Hieroglyphs

Translation

English translation in preparation
for the French translation log in or see Ramses Online (ID 206),
for the German translation see Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

Editor

Laurence Neven (LH, Ramses Online), Anne-Claude Honnay (ACH, Ramses Online)

Contributor

Juan José Archidona Ramírez (JJAR)

Script

hieratic

Text type

Letter

Place name

Elephantine (Abw)

Epoch

New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)

Dynasty

Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)

Pharaoh

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Drawing

No

Drawing description

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Bibliographical reference

Černý, LRL, pp. 2ff. (OEB 32800);
Wente, Late Ramesside Letters, pp. 20–21 (OEB 16975);
Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, pp. 188–189 (OEB 32800).

Deir el-Medina Database

Image

  • Text 1

Hieroglyphs

  • Hieroglyphs
    • Hieroglyphs
    • Hieroglyphs

Translation

English translation in preparation
for the French translation log in or see Ramses Online (ID 206),
for the German translation see Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

Editor

Anne-Claude Honnay (ACH, Ramses Online), Laurence Neven (LH, Ramses Online)

Contributor

Juan José Archidona Ramírez (JJAR)

Script

hieratic

Text type

Letter

Place name

Yar (yar)

Epoch

New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)

Dynasty

Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)

Pharaoh

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Drawing

No

Drawing description

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Bibliographical reference

Cerny, LRLs, pp. 2ff. (OEB 32800);
Wente, Late Ramesside Letters, pp. 20–21 (OEB 16975);
Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, pp. 188–189 (OEB 32800).

Deir el-Medina Database

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