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Description: | Clay seal enclosing a fragment of reed-like string, with an oval stamp impression of a scarab with hieroglyphic inscription (illegible) on one side. Also a fragment of linen, perhaps once wrapped round it. In a box marked "Seal of letter from Kahun, 1890" with a note in a contemporary handwriting (not Petrie's): "The papyrus was rolled up; then folded 3 times, one third was folded down and a reed string passed round it. The remaining third was folded and the string again passed round it. The ends of the string were then secured by a large oval clay seal. The ends of the papyrus bundle were then folded over the seal. The little bundle many times folded measured only 1 1/2 ins by 1 1/4 ins". There is also a mark identifying the papyrus find as LXXXV.1 i.e. item 1 in acquisition batch 85 (the highest 'lot' or batch number attested for a Lahun papyrus according to the system of numbering these, probably by Griffith in 1890-1). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | Rights holder: | University College London | Subjects: | Egyptology | Temporal: | name=late Middle Kingdom; start=-1850; end=-1700 | Source: | UCL Museums | Identifier: | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/objects/LDU... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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