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Khnumhotep II's inscription on Asiatics
An inscription in Khnumhotep II's Beni Hasan tomb, dated to year 6 of Senusret II, recording 37 Aamu who came for eye-paint, led by Abisha.
King Neferkare and General Sasenet
King Neferkare and General Sasenet, also known as Neferkare and Sasenet, is a fragmentary ancient Egyptian tale about King Neferkare (Pepi II) secretly visiting his general Sasenet at night.
Lahun Mathematical Papyri
The Lahun Mathematical Papyri, also called the Kahun Mathematical Papyri, are Middle Kingdom Egyptian mathematical fragments found at Lahun in the Fayum and held in the Petrie Museum in London.
Lahun papyri
The Lahun papyri, also called the Kahun Papyri, are the largest surviving group of Middle Kingdom papyri from Egypt, excavated at Lahun by Flinders Petrie from 1889.
Loyalist Teaching
The Loyalist Teaching, also called the Loyalist Instruction of Kairsu, is a Middle Kingdom Egyptian instruction text on loyalty to the king, best known from the Abydos stela of Sehetepibre of the Twelfth Dynasty.
Minoan frescoes from Tell el-Dab'a
The Minoan frescoes from Tell el-Dab'a are more than 20,000 wall-painting fragments in Minoan style, found at Avaris in Egypt's Nile Delta and dating to about 1470 BC.
Mirgissa Execration Texts
The Mirgissa execration texts are Middle Kingdom Egyptian ritual inscriptions found at Mirgissa in Lower Nubia in 1962, naming foreign enemies to be ritually subdued.
Moscow Mathematical Papyrus
The Moscow Mathematical Papyrus, also called the Golenischev Mathematical Papyrus, is an ancient Egyptian mathematical text from about 1850 BC containing 25 problems with worked solutions.
Nomarch
A nomarch (haty-a) was the governor of a nome, one of ancient Egypt's provincial districts, whose office peaked from about 2160 to 1850 BCE before Senwosret III curtailed it.
Papyrus Boulaq 18
Papyrus Boulaq 18, also known as Papyrus Bulaq 18, is a hieratic administrative papyrus from Thebes recording an 11-day royal court visit in the 13th Dynasty.
Papyrus Brooklyn 35.1446
Papyrus Brooklyn 35.1446 is a late Middle Kingdom papyrus in the Brooklyn Museum, best known for its list of the household servants of the Theban noblewoman Senebtisi.
Prisse Papyrus
The Prisse Papyrus, or Papyrus Prisse, is a Middle Kingdom hieratic scroll of about 1800 BC holding the complete Instruction of Ptahhotep, called the oldest book in the world.
Prophecy of Neferti
The Prophecy of Neferti, also known as the Admonitions of Neferti, is an ancient Egyptian text foretelling chaos and the rise of King Amenemhat I.
Pyramidion of Amenemhat III
The Pyramidion of Amenemhat III is a dark stone capstone from the king's mudbrick pyramid at Dahshur, Egypt, now displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Ramesseum Dramatic Papyrus
The Ramesseum Dramatic Papyrus is a Middle Kingdom hieroglyphic papyrus recording a royal ritual for Senwosret I, found at Thebes in 1896 and held in the British Museum.
Ramesseum medical papyri
The Ramesseum medical papyri are three Egyptian medical manuscripts of about 1800–1700 BC, found in 1896 in a tomb beneath the Ramesseum, Ramesses II's funerary temple at Thebes.
Reisner Papyri
The Reisner Papyri are four Middle Kingdom administrative papyri from Naga ed-Deir, Egypt, excavated by George Reisner and held at UC Berkeley, recording construction, dockyard, and labor accounts.
Rhind Mathematical Papyrus 2/n table
The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus 2/n table is an ancient Egyptian table expressing 2 divided by every odd number from 3 to 101 as sums of unit fractions.
Satire of the Trades
The Satire of the Trades, or Teaching of Khety, is an Egyptian instruction text urging a son to become a scribe, composed about 1950-1900 BC.
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
The Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (ca. 1773–1550 BCE) lay between the Middle and New Kingdoms, when the Hyksos, kings of Levantine origin, ruled the north from Avaris.
Semna Dispatches
The Semna Dispatches, also spelled Semna Despatches, are hieratic administrative papyri reporting patrols and communications between Egyptian fortresses at the Second Cataract in Nubia under Amenemhet III.
Semna stelae of Senusret III
The Semna stelae, or Semna boundary stelae, are two boundary stelae of the Egyptian king Senusret III, erected at Semna in Lower Nubia in his regnal years 8 and 16.
Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt, or Dynasty 17, was a line of Theban kings in the late Second Intermediate Period who fought the Hyksos and continued as the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Sobeknakht inscription
The Sobeknakht inscription is a hieroglyphic biographical text in the El-Kab tomb of Sobeknakht II, governor of Elkab, recording a Kushite-led raid deep into Upper Egypt.
Statue of Amenemhat III (Berlin)
The Statue of Amenemhat III (Berlin) is an over-lifesize granodiorite praying figure of the Twelfth Dynasty king, carved around 1850 BC, found in the Ptah temple of Memphis.
Statue of Sobekneferu
The Statue of Sobekneferu (Neferusobek) comprises surviving fragments depicting Sobekneferu, the female king who closed Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty around 1800 BC, including a headless Louvre statue and a Berlin bust destroyed in World War II.
Stela of Ikhernofret
The Stela of Ikhernofret, also known as the Ikhernofret Stela, is a Middle Kingdom limestone stela recording treasurer Ikhernofret's part in the Osiris mysteries at Abydos under Senusret III.
Stela of Sebek-khu
The Stela of Sebek-khu, or Sobek-khu Stele, is a Twelfth Dynasty Egyptian limestone stela found at Abydos in 1901 and held in the Manchester Museum.
Stela of Sehetepibre
The Stela of Sehetepibre is an Egyptian stela from Abydos, dated to the reign of Amenemhat III around 1825 BC and now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Story of Sinuhe
The Story of Sinuhe, also known as the Tale of Sinuhe, is an Egyptian narrative of exile and return from the Middle Kingdom, composed around 1900 BC.