# Papyrus Jarf A, the Diary of Merer

> Found in 2013 at the entrance of the storage galleries; the logbook of a crew carrying limestone from Tura to Giza by boat.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/artifacts/ART0CSMP7PR7GSB/papyrus-jarf-a-the-diary-of-merer  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0CSMP7PR7GSB·Artifact · document

# Papyrus Jarf A, the Diary of Merer

Documentpublisher (IFAO); plates in the editionYear after the 13th census of Khufu, read as Year 26

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.orient-mediterranee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1705_tallet.pdf).

Found in 2013 at the entrance of the storage galleries; the logbook of a crew carrying limestone from Tura to Giza by boat.

IFAO mission. publisher (IFAO); plates in the edition

## Copies 2

**Photo** IFAO mission · orient-mediterranee.com · 2017 · publisher (IFAO); plates in the editionPrimary source: [Les papyrus de la mer Rouge I. Le « Journal de Merer » (Papyrus Jarf A et B)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CSMNFHA1XVA/les-papyrus-de-la-mer-rouge-i-le-journal-de-merer-papyrus)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.orient-mediterranee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1705_tallet.pdf)

**Transcription** Pierre Tallet · orient-mediterranee.com · 2017 · publisher (IFAO)Primary source: [Les papyrus de la mer Rouge I. Le « Journal de Merer » (Papyrus Jarf A et B)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CSMNFHA1XVA/les-papyrus-de-la-mer-rouge-i-le-journal-de-merer-papyrus)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.orient-mediterranee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1705_tallet.pdf)

## Where it was made

[Wadi al-Jarf](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CSMNNWE52BN/wadi-al-jarf) · Harbour site

## Sources 1

- [Les papyrus de la mer Rouge I. Le « Journal de Merer » (Papyrus Jarf A et B)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CSMNFHA1XVA/les-papyrus-de-la-mer-rouge-i-le-journal-de-merer-papyrus)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Papyrus Jarf A, the Diary of Merer [Artifact ART0CSMP7PR7GSB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CSMP7PR7GSB
```

Key

**ART** 0CSMP7PR7GSB

Kind

Document

Held by

Egyptian Museum, Cairo (exhibited 2016; current display location to confirm)

Dated

Year after the 13th census of Khufu, read as Year 26

Licence

publisher (IFAO); plates in the edition

Place

[Wadi al-Jarf](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CSMNNWE52BN/wadi-al-jarf)

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[How the Great Pyramid was built](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid)

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