List of papyri from ancient Egypt



This list of papyri from ancient Egypt includes some of the better known individual papyri written in hieroglyphs, hieratic, demotic or in ancient Greek. Excluded are papyri found abroad or containing Biblical texts which are listed in separate lists.

The content descriptions are preceded by a letter in bold font, indicating the literary genre it belongs to. In the case of collections of texts of various kinds, the first letter refers to the most important text on the papyrus.
 * B : biographical
 * D : drawings: cartoons, maps
 * F : funerary: Books of the Dead
 * L : literary texts: tales, poems
 * O : official records
 * P : private papyri, correspondence, contracts
 * R : religious, myths
 * S : scientific: mathematical, medical
 * T : teachings, instructions
 * W : wordlists