Meketre papyrus

Middle Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 107

This letter was written by Netjeriuhem to an unnamed recipient concerning the sending of the writer's subordinate with various types of birds. It has been suggested that the letter was in fact written as an exercise, meant to familiarize the apprentice copying the text with common terms and formulae.

Meketre papyrus, Papyrus, ink

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