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Papyrus D’Orbiney: Tale of the Two Brothers

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The sole known Egyptian copy of Bata and Anubis’s tale, written by Inena in the Nineteenth Dynasty around 1215 BCE.

Modern editorial illustration of a household divided by Bata’s accusation; neither an excavated papyrus nor a documented historical reconstruction. © IL Archive, CC0.

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Modern editorial illustration of a household divided by Bata’s accusation; neither an excavated papyrus nor a documented historical reconstruction. © IL Archive, CC0

Object details

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Papyrus D’Orbiney: Tale of the Two Brothers
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Edition
2

Text

British Museum EA10183 contains the wife of Anubis’s attempted seduction of Bata, her false accusation, and his subsequent adventures and transformations toward kingship. The museum dates the surviving copy, not a possible first oral telling. [1][2][3]

References and notes

  1. The indexed museum catalogue was read in full, not images of the papyrus signs; direct opening failed. British Museum, Papyrus D’Orbiney EA10183/1, full indexed catalogue and curator synopsis Return to the text ↑
  2. Entire short university page read; it identifies the sole copy and limits the find context. UCL Digital Egypt, Ramesside manuscript group, complete page Return to the text ↑
  3. Translation, introduction and notes, pp. 203–211, read in extracted PDF text; hieratic original not read and some OCR is damaged. Miriam Lichtheim, “The Two Brothers,” Ancient Egyptian Literature II, pp. 203–211 Return to the text ↑

Research history

Substantive changes are retained here. Minor copy edits remain in the internal operational log.

  1. Edition 2 · 12 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «Papyrus D’Orbiney: Tale of the Two Brothers», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/artifacts/papyrus-dorbiney-two-brothers