Turin Papyrus of Kings

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ancient Egyptian papyrus historical document king list

The Turin Papyrus of Kings is an ancient Egyptian hieratic papyrus that preserves the most extensive known list of Egyptian rulers, including otherwise unattested and short-reigning pharaohs.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Canon of Turin	2
Egyptian Royal Annals	1
Royal Canon of Turin (fragmentary)	1
Turin King List	1
Turin King List (fragmentary)	1
Turin Papyrus of Kings canonical	1
Turin Royal Papyrus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10337735 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Turin Papyrus of Kings
Context triple: [Turin King List, alsoKnownAs, Turin Papyrus of Kings]

A. Papyrus of Ani
The Papyrus of Ani is an exquisitely illustrated 19th Dynasty ancient Egyptian funerary scroll, renowned as one of the most complete and beautiful surviving copies of the Book of the Dead.
B. Abusir Papyri
The Abusir Papyri are a collection of Old Kingdom administrative documents from pyramid temple complexes at Abusir, providing crucial insights into ancient Egyptian bureaucracy, economy, and daily religious practices.
C. Abydos King List
The Abydos King List is an ancient Egyptian inscription from the temple of Seti I that records a chronological sequence of pharaohs considered legitimate rulers.
D. Westcar Papyrus
The Westcar Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian text containing a collection of magical tales and wonder stories set in the court of King Khufu of the Fourth Dynasty.
E. Papyrus of Iuefankh
The Papyrus of Iuefankh is an ancient Egyptian funerary manuscript, likely a Book of the Dead text, preserved in the Egyptian Museum of Turin and notable for its religious spells and illustrations intended to guide the deceased in the afterlife.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Turin Papyrus of Kings
Target entity description: The Turin Papyrus of Kings is an ancient Egyptian hieratic papyrus that preserves the most extensive known list of Egyptian rulers, including otherwise unattested and short-reigning pharaohs.

A. Papyrus of Ani
The Papyrus of Ani is an exquisitely illustrated 19th Dynasty ancient Egyptian funerary scroll, renowned as one of the most complete and beautiful surviving copies of the Book of the Dead.
B. Abusir Papyri
The Abusir Papyri are a collection of Old Kingdom administrative documents from pyramid temple complexes at Abusir, providing crucial insights into ancient Egyptian bureaucracy, economy, and daily religious practices.
C. Abydos King List
The Abydos King List is an ancient Egyptian inscription from the temple of Seti I that records a chronological sequence of pharaohs considered legitimate rulers.
D. Westcar Papyrus
The Westcar Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian text containing a collection of magical tales and wonder stories set in the court of King Khufu of the Fourth Dynasty.
E. Papyrus of Iuefankh
The Papyrus of Iuefankh is an ancient Egyptian funerary manuscript, likely a Book of the Dead text, preserved in the Egyptian Museum of Turin and notable for its religious spells and illustrations intended to guide the deceased in the afterlife.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian papyrus ⓘ historical document ⓘ king list ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Turin King List ⓘ Turin Royal Canon ⓘ
approximateDate	19th Dynasty ⓘ reign of Ramesses II (approximate scholarly attribution) ⓘ linked to: Egypt under Ramesses II
associatedDiscipline	Egyptology ⓘ chronology studies ⓘ
catalogCode	Turin Cat. 1874 + 1875 (common museum reference) ⓘ linked to: Turin Royal Canon
collection	Egyptian collection of the Museo Egizio ⓘ
contains	names of Egyptian rulers ⓘ otherwise unattested rulers ⓘ regnal years ⓘ short‑reigning pharaohs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ancient Egypt ⓘ linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
currentLocation	Museo Egizio, Turin ⓘ linked to: Egyptian Museum of Turin
dateOfCreation	New Kingdom period ⓘ linked to: New Kingdom of Egypt
genre	king list ⓘ
includes	Hyksos rulers (in some reconstructions) ⓘ linked to: Hyksos non‑royal or semi‑legendary figures (in some interpretations) ⓘ
language	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
mainSubject	Egyptian dynasties ⓘ Egyptian kings ⓘ
material	papyrus ⓘ
namedAfter	Turin ⓘ
periodsCovered	Early Dynastic Period ⓘ linked to: Early Dynastic period Middle Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Middle Kingdom of Egypt Old Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Old Kingdom of Egypt Predynastic rulers (possibly) ⓘ Second Intermediate Period ⓘ linked to: Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
reconstructedBy	Egyptologists ⓘ
relatedTo	Abydos King List ⓘ Karnak King List ⓘ linked to: Karnak Temple inscriptions Manetho’s Aegyptiaca ⓘ linked to: Aegyptiaca Saqqara King List ⓘ
scriptType	cursive ⓘ
significance	key source for obscure Egyptian kings ⓘ most extensive known list of Egyptian rulers ⓘ
stateOfPreservation	damaged ⓘ fragmentary ⓘ
studiedBy	Alan Gardiner ⓘ linked to: Sir Alan Gardiner Giulio Farina ⓘ Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
use	chronological reconstruction of Egyptian history ⓘ comparison with Manetho’s king lists ⓘ study of Egyptian chronology ⓘ
writingDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystem	hieratic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited