Papyrus Jarf A and B
Diario de Merer
- Date
- 2013 · confidence high
- Place
- Wadi al-Jarf, Red Sea coast, Egypt
- Credited to
- Pierre Tallet
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Papyrus logbooks written 4,500 years ago by Merer, an Egyptian official under Pharaoh Khufu; the oldest known papyri with text, documenting the transport of limestone from Tura to Giza.
What it led to
- the oldest known written record of an Egyptian public works project
- confirmation of the logistics behind building the Great Pyramid
- boost to Old Kingdom papyrology and archaeology
- landmark find at Wadi al-Jarf (2013)