Dramatic Ramesseum Papyrus
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title:
Dramatic Ramesseum Papyrus
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The Dramatic Ramesseum Papyrus is the oldest known surviving illustrated papyrus roll. It contains a ceremonial play celebrating the coronation or the Sed festival performed for Senusret I of the Twelfth Dynasty. It is dated to around 1980 BC. It was discovered in the Ramesseum, from which it gets its name. The text of the roll is in linear hieroglyphs written in narrow, vertical columns. The text occupies the top four-fifths of the scroll and the illustrations the bottom. The scenes are arrange
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Twelfth Dynasty Egyptian papyrus with text and drawings for the Senusret I Coronation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_Ramesseum_Papyrus
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2023-12-14T17:08:23Z
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