Papyrus in art: 133 works, most common in Medieval Art

Medium133 works

Collection Summary

Works Held	133
Date Range	2051 BC – 1199
Primary Department	Medieval Art (197)
Most Common Form	Papyrus (202)
Cultures Represented	3
Countries	2
Public Domain	308 works (83%)

Works by Century

21th century BC

20th century BC

19th century BC

16th century BC

15th century BC

14th century BC

13th century BC

12th century BC

11th century BC

10th century BC

7th century BC

4th century BC

3rd century BC

2nd century BC

1st century

2nd century

3rd century

4th century

5th century

6th century

7th century

Departments

Medieval Art

197

Egyptian Art

148

Islamic Art

The Cloisters

Greek and Roman Art

Forms & Classifications

Papyrus

202

Codices

Leather

Miscellaneous-Papyrus

Textiles

Cultures Represented

Coptic · 196 Egyptian · 1 Roman, Egyptian · 1

Historical Periods

New Kingdom · 39Middle Kingdom · 37Third Intermediate Period · 17Late Period · 7New Kingdom, Ramesside · 7Ptolemaic Period · 7Byzantine Period · 5 Late Period, Kushite–Saite · 4Ptolemaic–Byzantine Period · 4Late Period, Saite or later · 3

Dynasties

Dynasty 18 · 26Dynasty 12 · 22Dynasty 21 · 12Dynasty 12–13 · 8Dynasty 25–26 · 7Dynasty 18, possibly later · 5Dynasty 11-12 · 4Dynasty 18, late, or early 19 · 4Dynasty 18, late or early 19 · 3Dynasty 19–20 · 3

Geographic Distribution

Byzantine Egypt

196

Egypt

171

Cities Represented

Thebes · 122Lisht · 2

Works Index

Title	Classification	Date	Origin
Blank sheet of papyrus		ca. 2051–1981 B.C.	Egypt
Papyrus		ca. 2030–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Papyrus fragment		ca. 2030–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Papyrus fragment		ca. 2030–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Papyrus fragment		ca. 2030–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Two papyrus fragments		ca. 2030–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Meketre papyrus		ca. 1981–1975 B.C.	Egypt
Meketre papyrus		ca. 1981–1975 B.C.	Egypt
Meketre papyrus		ca. 1981–1975 B.C.	Egypt
Nine fragments of hieratic text		ca. 1981–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Papyrus fragment		ca. 1981–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Seven papyrus fragments		ca. 1981–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Three frames with papyrus fragments		ca. 1981–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Two papyrus fragments		ca. 1981–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Harhotep papyrus		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Heqanahkt Letter II		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Heqanakht Account VI		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Heqanakht Account VII		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Heqanakht Letter I		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Heqanakht Letter III		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Heqanakht Letter V		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Heqanakht Papyrus Fragments		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Papyrus fragment with hieratic inscription		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Papyrus fragments inscribed in hieratic		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Papyrus fragments inscribed in hieratic		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Papyrus fragments inscribed in hieratic		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Papyrus inscribed with an account and a religious text		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Papyrus of Sitnebsekhtu, Heqanakht Letter IV		ca. 1961–1917 B.C.	Egypt
Pair of Sandals		ca. 1580–1479 B.C.	Egypt
Letter with hieratic inscription		ca. 1550–1295 B.C.	Egypt
Letter written in hieratic script on papyrus		ca. 1479–1458 B.C.	Egypt
Sheet from the Papyrus of Amenhotep		ca. 1479–1425 B.C.	Egypt
Sheet from the Papyrus of Amenhotep		ca. 1479–1425 B.C.	Egypt
Bundle of Model Mats from the Foundation Deposit for…	\|	ca. 1479–1458 B.C.	Egypt
Crucible		ca. 1479–1458 B.C.	Egypt
Pair of sandals		ca. 1479–1458 B.C.	Egypt
Fragments from a Book of the Dead		ca. 1390–1353 B.C.?	Egypt
Fragments from a Book of the Dead		ca. 1390–1353 B.C.?	Egypt
Fragments from a Book of the Dead		ca. 1390–1353 B.C.?	Egypt
Fragments from a Book of the Dead		ca. 1390–1353 B.C.?	Egypt

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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access