The Wilbour Papyrus

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administrative text ancient Egyptian papyrus land survey document tax document

The Wilbour Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian land survey and tax document from the New Kingdom, renowned as one of the most important sources for understanding pharaonic administration and agrarian economy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative text ⓘ ancient Egyptian papyrus ⓘ land survey document ⓘ tax document ⓘ
approximateDate	circa 1147 BCE ⓘ
associatedWith	state taxation system ⓘ temple of Amun at Thebes ⓘ
collection	Wilbour Collection of Egyptian Antiquities NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	ancient Egyptian ⓘ
currentLocation	Brooklyn Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	New Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedRegion	Middle Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Theban region NERFINISHED ⓘ west bank of the Nile ⓘ
describes	canals ⓘ fields ⓘ landholders ⓘ plots of land ⓘ rent obligations ⓘ state domains ⓘ tax assessments ⓘ temple estates ⓘ
discoveredBy	Charles Edwin Wilbour NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveryDate	late 19th century ⓘ
genre	land register ⓘ tax register ⓘ
language	hieratic Egyptian ⓘ
length	over 10 meters ⓘ
material	papyrus ⓘ
namedAfter	Charles Edwin Wilbour NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalFunction	fiscal record ⓘ land survey for taxation ⓘ
period	reign of Ramesses V ⓘ
records	names of landholders ⓘ sizes of fields ⓘ tax rates ⓘ temple incomes ⓘ types of land ⓘ
script	hieratic ⓘ
significance	important source for land tenure in New Kingdom Egypt ⓘ major source for ancient Egyptian agrarian economy ⓘ major source for pharaonic administration ⓘ
structure	entries organized by plots ⓘ multiple vertical columns of text ⓘ
subject	agrarian economy ⓘ land tenure ⓘ pharaonic administration ⓘ taxation ⓘ
writingSystem	Egyptian hieratic ⓘ

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Sir Alan Gardiner → notableWork → The Wilbour Papyrus ⓘ

subject surface form: Alan Gardiner