Papyrus for Nebseni – BM EA9900

Nebseni – nb-sny
Ranke I, pg. 186, 14

Period: 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose IV, by style c. 1400 BC

“This papyrus was obtained by Burton at Memphis and was acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum at the sale of his collection in 1836. It measures 77 ft. 7.5 in., by 1 ft. 1.5 in. ; it is mounted, under glass, in thirty-three sheets, and bears the number 9,900. The vignettes and text are in black ink throughout, and only the titles of the Chapters are given in red ; the whole papyrus is most carefully written and is, it would seem, the work of Nebseni himself.

The deceased Nebseni was by profession a scribe, and he held various offices connected with the architect and surveyor’s department attached to the Temple of Ptah at Memphis, and he was in the immediate service of “the lord of the two lands”, his king. His father and mother were called Thena and Mutrestha respectively ; his wife’s name was Seneb or Senseneb. His two sons were called Amsu-mes and Ptah-nies, and his daughter Thent-Men-nefer. The Papyrus of Nebseni contains 77 Chapters”

Source ‘The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day’ by E.A. Wallis Budge 1898, see also Photographs papyrus Nebseni the the BM