page_title: List of ancient Egyptian papyri
hierarchical_section_title: List of ancient Egyptian papyri
context_page_description: This list of ancient Egyptian papyri includes some of the better known individual papyri written in hieroglyphs, hieratic, demotic or in Greek. Excluded are papyri found abroad or containing Biblical texts which are listed in separate lists.
  The content descriptions are preceded by a letter in bold font, indicating the literary genre it belongs to. In the case of collections of texts of various kinds, the first letter refers to the most important text on the papyrus.
  B: biographical
  D: drawings: cartoons, maps
  F: funerary: Books of the Dead
  L: literary texts: tales, poems
  O: official records
  P: private papyri, correspondence, contracts
  R: religious, myths
  S: scientific: mathematical, medical
  T: teachings, instructions
  W: wordlists
context_section_description: This list of ancient Egyptian papyri includes some of the better known individual papyri written in hieroglyphs, hieratic, demotic or in Greek. Excluded are papyri found abroad or containing Biblical texts which are listed in separate lists.
  The content descriptions are preceded by a letter in bold font, indicating the literary genre it belongs to. In the case of collections of texts of various kinds, the first letter refers to the most important text on the papyrus.
  B : biographical
  D : drawings: cartoons, maps
  F : funerary: Books of the Dead
  L : literary texts: tales, poems
  O : official records
  P : private papyri, correspondence, contracts
  R : religious, myths
  S : scientific: mathematical, medical
  T : teachings, instructions
  W : wordlists
caption: Photo of ancient papyrus document, showing vertical and horizontal striations from the strips of pith of the papyrus plant.
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