Turin King List

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gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Egyptian document
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Turin_Royal_Canon
gptkbp:author about 1.7 meters
about 41 centimeters
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:Papyrus_1874
gptkbp:citation academic Egyptology
chronological studies
gptkbp:condition fragmentary
gptkbp:contains list of Egyptian kings
over 300 king names
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Museo_Egizio,_Turin,_Italy
gptkbp:date gptkb:New_Kingdom
gptkb:19th_Dynasty
gptkbp:destroyedBy poor handling after discovery
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Bernardino_Drovetti
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1820
gptkbp:excludes gptkb:Tutankhamun
gptkb:Hatshepsut
gptkb:Ay
gptkb:Akhenaten
gptkb:Smenkhkare
gptkb:Seth-Peribsen
gptkb:Sobekneferu
female rulers
foreign rulers
gptkbp:features includes kings omitted from other lists
lists total years for each dynasty
gptkbp:fragmentNumber over 160 fragments
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Turin King List
gptkbp:importantFor most comprehensive king list from ancient Egypt
gptkbp:includes historical kings
lengths of reigns
mythical kings
names of pharaohs
gptkbp:language ancient Egyptian
gptkbp:material gptkb:newspaper
gptkbp:purpose chronological record
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Abydos_King_List
gptkb:Karnak_King_List
gptkb:Saqqara_King_List
gptkbp:restored scholars using fragments
gptkbp:significance primary source for Egyptian chronology
gptkbp:structure divided into columns and rows
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Jean-François_Champollion
gptkb:Alan_Gardiner
gptkb:Gustav_Seyffarth
gptkb:Kim_Ryholt
gptkbp:usedFor reconstructing Egyptian chronology
gptkbp:writtenBy hieratic script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Djedkara_Isesi
gptkb:Teti
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5