Turin Royal Canon
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The Turin Royal Canon is an ancient Egyptian papyrus that lists kings and their reign lengths, serving as a crucial source for reconstructing Egypt’s dynastic chronology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Turin Royal Canon canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian king list
ⓘ
chronological document ⓘ papyrus manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Turin King List
ⓘ
Turin Papyrus of Kings ⓘ
surface form:
Turin Royal Papyrus
|
| chronologicalScope | earliest legendary kings to Second Intermediate Period ⓘ |
| condition |
damaged
ⓘ
fragmentary ⓘ |
| contains |
list of Egyptian kings
ⓘ
reign lengths of kings ⓘ total regnal years of dynasties ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| coversTopic |
Egyptian dynastic chronology
ⓘ
Middle Kingdom pharaohs ⓘ Old Kingdom pharaohs ⓘ Second Intermediate Period rulers ⓘ mythical or divine rulers ⓘ predynastic rulers ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Egyptian Museum of Turin
ⓘ
surface form:
Museo Egizio, Turin
|
| dateOfCreation |
New Kingdom of Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
New Kingdom period
|
| estimatedCenturyBCE | 13th century BCE ⓘ |
| excludes |
some contemporaneous rulers
ⓘ
some foreign rulers ⓘ |
| genre |
chronological register
ⓘ
king list ⓘ |
| hasPart | hundreds of small fragments ⓘ |
| highlightingMedium | red ink ⓘ |
| includes |
multiple rulers per dynasty
ⓘ
short-lived kings ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Turin ⓘ |
| material | papyrus ⓘ |
| morePreciseDate |
Ramesses II
ⓘ
surface form:
reign of Ramesses II
|
| placeOfDiscovery | Thebes ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Abydos King List
ⓘ
Palermo Stone ⓘ Saqqara King List ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| significance |
major primary source for reconstructing Egyptian chronology
ⓘ
most extensive surviving Egyptian king list ⓘ provides regnal year totals for dynasties ⓘ records many otherwise unknown rulers ⓘ |
| usedBy | Egyptologists ⓘ |
| usedFor |
correlating archaeological evidence with textual chronology
ⓘ
estimating reign lengths ⓘ reconstructing dynastic sequences ⓘ |
| writingMedium | black ink ⓘ |
| writingSystem | hieratic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.