Yuya papyrus – Cairo
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Ranke 1, pg. 55, 18
Also known as Iouiya, Yuaa, Yaa, Ya, Yiya, Yayi, Yu, Yuyu, Yaya, Yiay, Yia, and Yuy
Provenance Kings Valley KV46, discovered in 1905 by James Quibell
18th Dynasty, +/- 1370 BC
Yuya served as a key adviser for Amenhotep III and is probably the grandfather of Akhenaton
The papyrus consists of 34 written and illustrated pages and a narrow blank page on the right
See The Funeral Papyrus of Iouiya by Theodore M. Davis, 1908
See Coming forth of (Yuya and Thuya papyrus) by day – Informative video on Facebook about the restoration, conservation and exhibition of the longest papyrus ever exhibited in Egypt. Probably the fourth longest papyrus in the world
Totenbuchprojekt Bonn, TM 134267
For the translation of the spells see Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, pKairo CG 51189 (pJuja)
Room 20-25, EMC Cairo
First floor, Gallery of Yuya and Tuya
Book of the Dead papyrus for Yuya (20 metres)
Length 19.70 metres, height 43.5 cm
Ref. No. CG 51189 – JE 95839, Cairo
Photos and panorama view VB 2021 (10 Mb) (quality remarks)
