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Abusir Papyri
The Abusir Papyri are administrative papyri from the mortuary temple of King Neferirkare Kakai at Abusir, Egypt, dating to the Fifth Dynasty, about 2480–2350 BC.
Autobiography of Tjetji
The Autobiography of Tjetji is a tomb stela, British Museum EA 614, inscribed for Tjetji, chief treasurer at the Theban court under Intef II and Intef III.
Autobiography of Weni
The Autobiography of Weni, also printed as Uni, is a Sixth Dynasty Egyptian inscription from Abydos recording the official Weni's promotions and five military campaigns.
Biographical inscription of Djemi
The biographical inscription of Djemi is a First Intermediate Period stela in the Metropolitan Museum, recording an officer of Nubian mercenaries who claims to have enslaved northern Nubia.
Biographical inscription of Sabni
The biographical inscription of Sabni (Egyptian Sꜣbn(j)) is a hieroglyphic tomb-façade text at Qubbet el-Hawa, Aswan, recording the Dynasty 6 governor Sabni, son of Mekhu, under Pepi II.
Bust of Ankhhaf
The Bust of Ankhhaf is a painted limestone portrait of Old Kingdom prince and vizier Ankhhaf, found in his Giza tomb in 1925 and held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Cannibal Hymn
The Cannibal Hymn is a pair of Old Kingdom spells in Unas's pyramid at Saqqara, in which the dead king eats the gods to absorb their powers.
Coptos Decrees
The Coptos Decrees are Old Kingdom royal decree stelae found at the temple of Min at Coptos, issued by kings from Pepi I to Neferkauhor.
Decree of Neferirkare at Abydos
The Decree of Neferirkare at Abydos is an Old Kingdom Egyptian royal decree of King Neferirkare, inscribed on a stela and concerned with labor discipline.
Decree of Pepi I (Dahshur)
The Decree of Pepi I (Dahshur Decree of Pepi I) is a 6th Dynasty royal decree exempting Sneferu's pyramid town at Dahshur from corvée and taxes.
Diary of Merer
The Diary of Merer, also called the Wadi al-Jarf Papyri, is the oldest papyrus archive found in Egypt, a logbook recording boat crews ferrying Tura limestone to Khufu's Great Pyramid.
Eighth Dynasty of Egypt
The Eighth Dynasty of Egypt (Dynasty VIII) was a line of about 18 short-reigning kings resident near Memphis around 2150–2118 BCE, at the close of Egypt's Old Kingdom.
Fifth Dynasty of Egypt
The Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, also called the 5th Dynasty, was an Old Kingdom royal line of about 2494–2345 BCE, known for sun temples and the Pyramid Texts of Unas.
First Intermediate Period of Egypt
The First Intermediate Period of Egypt was an era of political fragmentation between the Old and Middle Kingdoms, when Memphis, Herakleopolis, and Thebes competed for power.
Gebelein Papyri
The Gebelein Papyri are eleven complete administrative scrolls of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, found in a tomb at Gebelein in 1935 and now held in Turin's Museo Egizio.
Giza writing board
The Giza writing board is a plastered wooden writing board excavated by George Andrew Reisner at Giza in 1904, inscribed with a list beginning with names of Dynasty 5 kings.
Governor of Upper Egypt
The Governor of Upper Egypt, or Overseer of Upper Egypt (jmj-r Šmʿw), was an ancient Egyptian office created around 2400 BC to administer Upper Egypt as a whole region.
Great Estate of the Palace
The Great Estate of the Palace (Hwt aAt) was a major royal production and administrative center of Old Kingdom Egypt, larger than an ordinary Hwt estate.
Hatnub inscriptions
The Hatnub inscriptions are rock inscriptions and graffiti left by officials and workmen in the travertine quarries of Hatnub, Middle Egypt, spanning the Old Kingdom to the New Kingdom.
Herakleopolitan dynasty (Dynasties 9 and 10)
The Herakleopolitan dynasty, the Ninth and Tenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt, ruled Lower Egypt from Herakleopolis during the First Intermediate Period until Mentuhotep II of Thebes overthrew it.
High Priest of Ra
The High Priest of Ra, known in Egyptian as wr-mꜣw Iwnw, "Greatest of Seers of Heliopolis", was the chief priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis.
Inscription of Ankhtifi
The Inscription of Ankhtifi, also called the Autobiography of Ankhtify, is the autobiographical text of nomarch Ankhtifi, carved in his rock-cut tomb at Mo'alla, Upper Egypt.
Inscription of Tefibi
The Inscription of Tefibi is the autobiographical text of Iti-ibi, nomarch of Asyut during the First Intermediate Period, carved in his rock-cut Tomb III and recording his battles against the Theban-aligned southern nomes.
Inscriptions of Asyut
The Inscriptions of Asyut are autobiographical texts and tomb decoration of nomarch governors at Asyut, Egypt, carved in the 21st century BCE during the First Intermediate Period.
Inscriptions of Djau
The Inscriptions of Djau are Old Kingdom texts from Abydos, chiefly a red granite door jamb Djau, a Sixth Dynasty vizier, set up at the temple of Khentiamentiu.
Instruction for Kagemni
The Instruction for Kagemni, also called the Instruction of Kagemni, is an Egyptian wisdom teaching addressed to Kagemni, a vizier of King Sneferu, known only from the Papyrus Prisse.
Instruction for Merikare
The Instruction for Merikare, also called the Teaching for King Merikare, is an ancient Egyptian text in which a Heracleopolitan king teaches his son and successor, Merikare, how to rule.
Instruction of Hardjedef
The Instruction of Hardjedef, also called the Teaching of Hardjedef, is an ancient Egyptian wisdom teaching attributed to Prince Hardjedef, a son of King Khufu.
Ka-priest
A ka-priest (Egyptian ḥm-k3, "ka-servant") maintained the funerary cult of a dead person in ancient Egypt, performing offerings of bread, water, beer, and meat before the deceased's statue.
Khafre Enthroned
Khafre Enthroned is a life-size seated diorite statue of the Egyptian king Khafre from Dynasty 4, found in his Giza Valley Temple in 1860 and now in Cairo.