Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amen

Foy Scalf suggests that it is possible that Taaatemperamen from the Huntington Library is the same person who owned another papyrus (Amduat Cairo S.R.VII.10242, Daressy A.84). His article argues that earlier ideas linking four different names to one person are not convincing.

This is because Sadek 1985 proposed that two different papyri from two different coffins (A.84 and A.127) actually belonged to the same woman, whose name appears in slightly different forms. He also connected her to another woman named Aset (Isis) based on items found together. However, finding two Amduat papyri for one person in two separate coffins is very unlikely, so this theory is questionable. Nevertheless, Sadek’s idea has influenced many publications and online databases, making it important to highlight the problems this causes for future research. Source “New Papyri from Bab el Gusus? The Prosopography and Provenience of Papyrus HM 84123 by Foy Scalf”

2025-07-03
An edition of this papyrus is being prepared by Foy Scalf. For any questions, please contact him scalffd@uchicago.edu

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