The Brooklyn Oracle Papyrus

Medium: Papyrus, pigment, ink

Geograhical Locations:

• Thebes (Karnak), Egypt

Dates:October 4, 651 B.C.E.

Dimensions: Overall: 10 15/16 × 210 5/16 in. (27.8 × 534.2 cm) a: Frame: 17 1/8 x 50 3/8 in. (43.5 x 128 cm) a: Largest Fragment: 11 1/4 x 12 11/16 in. (28.5 x 32.3 cm) 1.frag.47.218.3a: Frame: 1 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (2.9 x 15.5 cm) 1.frag.47.218.3a: Largest Fragment: 13/16 x 1 1/2 in. (2.1 x 3.8 cm) 2.frag.47.218.3a: Small Box of Fragments: 1 3/4 x 4 1/16 x 4

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum Location: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Exhibitions:

• Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity
• Ancient Egyptian Art

Accession Number: 47.218.3a-j

Image: 47.218.3a-j_SL1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Hieratic papyrus inscribed, in black ink, on recto only. The papyrus contains a single large vignette, text description and fifty witness entries. The painting of procession of shrine of Re (?) preceded by priests and officials (A and B). Seventeen of the witness entries are written in “normal” hieratic, twenty-seven in abnormal hieratic, and six in what appears to be a mixture of the two. The text and witnesses entries extend over fifteen columns of text. Condition: Incomplete.

Brooklyn Museum