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Papyrus Jarf A, the Diary of Merer: photo

Documentpublisher (IFAO); plates in the editionYear after the 13th census of Khufu, read as Year 26Copy of Papyrus Jarf A, the Diary of Merer
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

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

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PhotoIFAO 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)1 step from the original

Where it was made

CairoIsmaïliaTabukSuezEl MinyaBeni SuefAl Aqabah1Wadi al-Jarf200 kmCairoJerusalemAlexandriaSohag1200 km
Wadi al-Jarf · Harbour site

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