Papyrus Hood (hieratic)
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Papyrus Hood is a hieratic
papyrus
from the time of 21st Dynasty
Pharaoh Amenemope, 993-984 BC. The papyrus is at the British Museum
, (no. BM EA 10202), and is a cursive hieratic manuscript which contains a copy of: The Onomasticon of Amenope. This Third Intermediate Period
work is known from eight other fragmentary copies, and relates back to the late New Kingdom
era.
It is notable that the papyrus is an onomasticon
, but it also lists words, that are not known from any other sources, yet their meanings are known, ( i.e. 'snow').
Hieratic
Hieratic refers to a cursive writing system that was used in the provenance of the pharaohs in Egypt and Nubia that developed alongside the hieroglyphic system, to which it is intimately related...
papyrus
Papyrus
Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt....
from the time of 21st Dynasty
Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period.-Rulers:...
Pharaoh Amenemope, 993-984 BC. The papyrus is at the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
, (no. BM EA 10202), and is a cursive hieratic manuscript which contains a copy of: The Onomasticon of Amenope. This Third Intermediate Period
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
The Third Intermediate Period refers to the time in Ancient Egypt from the death of Pharaoh Ramesses XI in 1070 BC to the foundation of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty by Psamtik I in 664 BC, following the expulsion of the Nubian rulers of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty....
work is known from eight other fragmentary copies, and relates back to the late New Kingdom
New Kingdom
The New Kingdom of Egypt, also referred to as the Egyptian Empire is the period in ancient Egyptian history between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC, covering the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties of Egypt....
era.
It is notable that the papyrus is an onomasticon
Onomastics
Onomastics or onomatology is the study of proper names of all kinds and the origins of names. The words are from the Greek: "ὀνομαστικός" , "of or belonging to naming" and "ὀνοματολογία" , from "ὄνομα" "name". Toponymy or toponomastics, the study of place names, is one of the principal branches of...
, but it also lists words, that are not known from any other sources, yet their meanings are known, ( i.e. 'snow').
See also
- Amenemope
- OnomasticsOnomasticsOnomastics or onomatology is the study of proper names of all kinds and the origins of names. The words are from the Greek: "ὀνομαστικός" , "of or belonging to naming" and "ὀνοματολογία" , from "ὄνομα" "name". Toponymy or toponomastics, the study of place names, is one of the principal branches of...
- ProsopographyProsopographyIn historical studies, prosopography is an investigation of the common characteristics of a historical group, whose individual biographies may be largely untraceable, by means of a collective study of their lives, in multiple career-line analysis...
- Onomasticon of Amenope