The Wilbour Papyrus

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The Wilbour Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian land survey and tax document from the New Kingdom, renowned as one of the most important sources for understanding pharaonic administration and agrarian economy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative text ⓘ
ancient Egyptian papyrus ⓘ
land survey document ⓘ
tax document ⓘ
approximateDate circa 1147 BCE ⓘ
associatedWith state taxation system ⓘ
temple of Amun at Thebes ⓘ
collection Wilbour Collection of Egyptian Antiquities ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culture ancient Egyptian ⓘ
currentLocation Brooklyn Museum ⓘ
date New Kingdom ⓘ
describedRegion Middle Egypt ⓘ
linked to: central Egypt

Theban region ⓘ
west bank of the Nile ⓘ
describes canals ⓘ
fields ⓘ
landholders ⓘ
plots of land ⓘ
rent obligations ⓘ
state domains ⓘ
tax assessments ⓘ
temple estates ⓘ
discoveredBy Charles Edwin Wilbour ⓘ
discoveryDate late 19th century ⓘ
genre land register ⓘ
tax register ⓘ
language hieratic Egyptian ⓘ
length over 10 meters ⓘ
material papyrus ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Edwin Wilbour ⓘ
originalFunction fiscal record ⓘ
land survey for taxation ⓘ
period reign of Ramesses V ⓘ
records names of landholders ⓘ
sizes of fields ⓘ
tax rates ⓘ
temple incomes ⓘ
types of land ⓘ
script hieratic ⓘ
significance important source for land tenure in New Kingdom Egypt ⓘ
major source for ancient Egyptian agrarian economy ⓘ
major source for pharaonic administration ⓘ
structure entries organized by plots ⓘ
multiple vertical columns of text ⓘ
subject agrarian economy ⓘ
land tenure ⓘ
pharaonic administration ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
writingSystem Egyptian hieratic ⓘ

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Alan Gardiner → notableWork → The Wilbour Papyrus ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir Alan Gardiner