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Description: The Brooklyn Oracle Papyrus

TitleThe Brooklyn Oracle Papyrus

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date651 B.C.

Creation date (description)Dynasty XXVI

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPapyrus, pigment, and ink

LocationBrooklyn Museum

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/60645

Accession number47.218.3a-j

SubjectsDrawing, Egyptian--AncientPriests in artShrines in art

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Chapter 20: The Period of Decline: Dynasties XXI–XXII, 1085–730 B.C.

W. Stevenson Smith, William Kelly Simpson

The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt

The weakening of the royal authority in the latter part of Dynasty XX brought with it a slackening of the large-scale building activities which had been...

Author

W. Stevenson Smith, William Kelly Simpson

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.226-231

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31569&redirecttoanchor=105098

Chapter subject tags:Egypt--Kings and rulersEgypt--Politics and governmentTombs--EgyptSculpture, EgyptianArt, Ancient--EgyptArchitecture, Ancient--Egypt

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