hor-dedef

Updated: May 21, 2025

The actual papyrus begins with the last few words of a previous tale concerning some other magician under an earlier king. Then comes the tale of Khafra, next that of Bau-f-ra, and lastly that of Hor-dedef. It need hardly be said that these tales are quite fictitious.

Sir W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders) Petrie - Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri : First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty