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Middle Kingdom
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.
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Title: Meketre papyrus
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Senwosret I
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101), MMA excavations, 1919–20
Medium: Papyrus, ink
Dimensions: H. 26 cm (10 1/4 in.), W. 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession Number: 22.3.524
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