Middle Kingdom Wooden Board with Hieratic Inscriptions from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo JE 30442 – CG 25369 – SR 920 (original) (raw)

2022, Middle Kingdom studies

Hieratic texts inscribed on wood boards were uncommon through the Middle Kingdom written sources. Thus, this paper presents a rare example of wooden board of this era preserved in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo (JE 30442– SR 920– CG 25369). This board bears an administrative hieratic text with different entries. Some of them are very difficult or even unparalleled. This paper also aims at publishing this object in full for the first time with colored pictures accompanied by the facsimile, hieroglyphic transcription, transliteration, translation, and commentary on most of the entries of this object. It will also try to shed light on the paleography of the text in comparison with some contemporary examples. The dating and the provenance of this object will be discussed based on the examination of the paleography as well