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Les papyrus de la mer Rouge I. Le « Journal de Merer » (Papyrus Jarf A et B)

Pierre Tallet, 2017. Institut français d'archéologie orientale, MIFAO 136.

The edition of the two logbooks (Papyrus Jarf A and B) of Inspector Merer, whose team of about forty sailors ferried Tura limestone to Akhet-Khufu, the Great Pyramid, in the year after the 13th census, Year 26, the last known year of Khufu's reign. With an English translation by Colin Clement.

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The primary document for who built the pyramid, when, and how stone moved by water.

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Tallet, P. (2017). Les papyrus de la mer Rouge I. Le « Journal de Merer » (Papyrus Jarf A et B). Institut français d'archéologie orientale, MIFAO 136. https://www.orient-mediterranee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1705_tallet.pdf
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