Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Papyrus inscribed with six "Osiris Liturgies" Early Ptolemaic PeriodMeir
Description
Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332–200 B.C. Papyrus, ink. Approximate framed length 1120 cm (36 ft. 9 in.); height 23 cm (9 1/4 in.). Probably from: south part of the necropolis, Meir, Middle Egypt. Subject: Hieratic. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1935.
The same text in other collections
Linked by shared inventory number
(ORAEC-id oraec5).
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- 1. Großes Dekret, das betreffs des Gaues von Igeret erlassen wird / Papyrus des Imhotep Sohn des Pschentohe (pNew York MMA 35.9.21) ORAEC textMeir
- 3. Die Enthüllungen der Geheimnisse der vier Kugeln aus Ton / Papyrus des Imhotep Sohn des Pschentohe (pNew York MMA 35.9.21) ORAEC textMeir
- 5. Einführung der Menge am letzten Tage des Monats Tech (=Thot) / Papyrus des Imhotep Sohn des Pschentohe (pNew York MMA 35.9.21) ORAEC textMeir
- 2. Ritual der Verklärung des Osiris (Buch IV) / Papyrus des Imhotep Sohn des Pschentohe (pNew York MMA 35.9.21) ORAEC textMeir
- 4. "Fall auf dein Gesicht" (Ritual zum Schutze der Neschmet-Barke) / Papyrus des Imhotep Sohn des Pschentohe (pNew York MMA 35.9.21) ORAEC textMeir
- 6. Ritual des Herausbringens von Sokar aus dem Schetait-Sanktuar / Papyrus des Imhotep Sohn des Pschentohe (pNew York MMA 35.9.21) ORAEC textMeir
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (10)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248462 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.9.21a–o tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 551976 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- ORAEC-id oraec27 tier-2 (inventory-match)
- ORAEC-id oraec38 tier-2 (inventory-match)
- ORAEC-id oraec71 tier-2 (inventory-match)
- ORAEC-id oraec5 tier-2 (inventory-match)
- ORAEC-id oraec97 tier-2 (inventory-match)
- ORAEC-id oraec44 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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