<em>Confirmation of Royal Power at the New Year Papyrus</em>, 664-610 B.C.E. or slightly later. Papyrus, ink, Overall: 9 13/16 × 76 3/8 in. (25 × 194 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.50a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.47.218.50c_IMLS_PS5.jpg)

Confirmation of Royal Power at the New Year Papyrus, 664-610 B.C.E. or slightly later. Papyrus, ink, Overall: 9 13/16 × 76 3/8 in. (25 × 194 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.50a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.47.218.50c_IMLS_PS5.jpg)

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Confirmation of Royal Power at the New Year Papyrus

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Papyrus, ink

Possible Place Made: Elephantine, Egypt

DATES 664-610 B.C.E. or slightly later

DYNASTY Dynasty 26

PERIOD Late Period

DIMENSIONS Overall: 9 13/16 × 76 3/8 in. (25 × 194 cm) a: Glass: 14 3/16 x 27 9/16 in. (36 x 70 cm) a: Largest Fragment: 10 5/8 x 19 11/16 in. (27 x 50 cm) b: Frame: 14 7/16 x 31 5/8 in. (36.7 x 80.4 cm) b: Object: 9 7/16 x 28 9/16 in. (23.9 x 72.6 cm) c: Glass: 13 3/4 x 32 5/16 in. (35 x 82 cm) c: Object: 10 1/16 x 28 3/16 in. (25.5 x 71.6 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 47.218.50a-c

CREDIT LINE Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Inscribed in Hieratic in red and black. Twenty columns of text with line numbers ranging from twenty to twenty-seven, composed in black and red ink. The text has been interpreted as a ritual used for the renewal of kingship at the time of the Egyptian New Year. The text contains many mythological allusions, some clearly understood, others less so.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Confirmation of Royal Power at the New Year Papyrus, 664-610 B.C.E. or slightly later. Papyrus, ink, Overall: 9 13/16 × 76 3/8 in. (25 × 194 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.50a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.47.218.50c_IMLS_PS5.jpg)

IMAGE component, CUR.47.218.50c_IMLS_PS5.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010

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