page_title: Kahun Papyri
hierarchical_section_title: Kahun Papyri
caption_attribution_description: English: Papyrus Kahun LV. 2; veterinary papyrus; 12th Dynasty Deutsch: Papyrus Kahun LV. 2; veterinärmedizinischer Papyrus; 12. Dynastie
context_page_description: The Kahun Papyri are a collection of ancient Egyptian texts discussing administrative, mathematical and medical topics. Its many fragments were discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1889 and are kept at the University College London. This collection of papyri is one of the largest ever found. Most of the texts are dated to ca. 1825 BC, to the reign of Amenemhat III. In general the collection spans the Middle Kingdom of Egypt.
  The texts span a variety of topics:
  Business papers of the cult of Senusret II.
  Hymns to king Senusret III.
  The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus, which deals with gynaecological illnesses and conditions.
  The Lahun Mathematical Papyri are a collection of mathematical texts.
  A veterinarian papyrus.
  A late Middle Kingdom account, listing festivals.
context_section_description: The Kahun Papyri (KP) (also Petrie Papyri or Lahun Papyri) are a collection of ancient Egyptian texts discussing administrative, mathematical and medical topics. Its many fragments were discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1889 and are kept at the University College London. This collection of papyri is one of the largest ever found. Most of the texts are dated to ca. 1825 BC, to the reign of Amenemhat III. In general the collection spans the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. 
  The texts span a variety of topics:
  Business papers of the cult of Senusret II.
  Hymns to king Senusret III.
  The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus, which deals with gynaecological illnesses and conditions.
  The Lahun Mathematical Papyri are a collection of mathematical texts.
  A veterinarian papyrus.
  A late Middle Kingdom account, listing festivals.
caption: Fragments of the Kahun Papyrus on veterinary medicine
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