Turin Papyrus of Kings

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ancient Egyptian papyrus historical document king list

The Turin Papyrus of Kings is an ancient Egyptian hieratic papyrus that preserves the most extensive known list of Egyptian rulers, including otherwise unattested and short-reigning pharaohs.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Egyptian Royal Annals	1
Turin King List	1
Turin King List (fragmentary)	1
Turin Papyrus of Kings canonical	1
Turin Royal Papyrus	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian papyrus ⓘ historical document ⓘ king list ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Turin King List NERFINISHED ⓘ Turin Royal Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateDate	19th Dynasty ⓘ reign of Ramesses II (approximate scholarly attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedDiscipline	Egyptology ⓘ chronology studies ⓘ
catalogCode	Turin Cat. 1874 + 1875 (common museum reference) NERFINISHED ⓘ
collection	Egyptian collection of the Museo Egizio ⓘ
contains	names of Egyptian rulers ⓘ otherwise unattested rulers ⓘ regnal years ⓘ short‑reigning pharaohs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentLocation	Museo Egizio, Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfCreation	New Kingdom period NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	king list ⓘ
includes	Hyksos rulers (in some reconstructions) NERFINISHED ⓘ non‑royal or semi‑legendary figures (in some interpretations) ⓘ
language	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
mainSubject	Egyptian dynasties NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian kings ⓘ
material	papyrus ⓘ
namedAfter	Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodsCovered	Early Dynastic Period NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Predynastic rulers (possibly) ⓘ Second Intermediate Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
reconstructedBy	Egyptologists ⓘ
relatedTo	Abydos King List NERFINISHED ⓘ Karnak King List NERFINISHED ⓘ Manetho’s Aegyptiaca NERFINISHED ⓘ Saqqara King List NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptType	cursive ⓘ
significance	key source for obscure Egyptian kings ⓘ most extensive known list of Egyptian rulers ⓘ
stateOfPreservation	damaged ⓘ fragmentary ⓘ
studiedBy	Alan Gardiner NERFINISHED ⓘ Giulio Farina NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-François Champollion NERFINISHED ⓘ
use	chronological reconstruction of Egyptian history ⓘ comparison with Manetho’s king lists ⓘ study of Egyptian chronology ⓘ
writingDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystem	hieratic ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turin King List → alsoKnownAs → Turin Papyrus of Kings ⓘ

Saqqara King List → comparedWith → Turin Papyrus of Kings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turin King List

Eighth Dynasty of Egypt → sourceAttestation → Turin Papyrus of Kings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turin King List (fragmentary)

Palermo Stone → partOf → Turin Papyrus of Kings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Royal Annals

Turin Royal Canon → alsoKnownAs → Turin Papyrus of Kings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turin Royal Papyrus