Papyrus Anastasi I

The Papyrus Anastasi I, named after an Armenian merchant, who acquired him in the first half of the 19th century, is derived from ancient Egypt the Ramesside Period. It contains a Late Egyptian satirical letter, which is fragmentary on four papyri and ostraca 73, most of them from Deir el -Medina obtained. Whether it is actually a part of an exchange of letters or whether the letter was written specifically to teach in schools is unclear. The Papyrus Anastasi I even now kept in the British Museum in London.

Content

First praises Hori, the sender himself and then directed to the addressee Amenemope congratulation. He acknowledges the receipt of the previous letter of Amenemope to Hori and accused Amenemope to have scored six writer to help writing the previous letter. He advises him to turn away from writing and for the board game (?) To devote. Then takes Hori computational tasks, one of which he maintains that Amenemope they can not solve, such as the calculation of provisions for workers and the amount of bricks needed to build a ramp. After Hori Amenemope has shown a lack of mathematical knowledge, follow details and questions on the geography of Palestine and Syria. He begins with the empire of the Hittites, then follow Upe, the northernmost province of Egypt in Syria, the cities on the Phoenician coast as well as inland locations such as Megiddo, Hazor and the mountain of Shechem. The description concludes with Gaza and the Horusweg. The text is broken up by the description of the inaccessibility of Palestine and the constant danger by Bedouins and wild animals as well as anecdotes as an allusion to the story of Prince Qḏrdj ( Qasirdija ) of Ash and a set in a West Semitic language.

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