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"Wondrous Tales" from the of the Westcar Papyrus (hieratic)
Artist unknown17th Dynastie (Thebes), 1645–1550 BCE
Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
The ‘Wondrous Tales’ of the Westcar Papyrus were recorded inapproximately 1600 BC, although they are set at the royal court during the time of the pyramid builders of the Old Kingdom. They report, in an ironic manner, certain miraculous occurrences which exceed the powers of the Pharaoh and predict the arrival of a new dynasty. It is the longest classical literary text in Egypt.
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- Title: "Wondrous Tales" from the of the Westcar Papyrus (hieratic)
- Creator: Artist unknown
- Date Created: 17th Dynastie (Thebes), 1645–1550 BCE
- Provenance: unknown
- Type: Scroll
- Medium: Papyrus, inscribed
- Inv. no.: P 3033
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-015418
- External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Sandra Steiß || Text © Prestel Verlag / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
- Collection: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung | Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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"Wondrous Tales" from the of the Westcar Papyrus
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