It is believed that the papyri were accidentally mixed into debris used to form a ramp to push the coffin of Meseh into the chamber.

Heqanakht himself was obliged to stay in the Theban area (probably because of his responsibilities in the necropolis), and thus wrote letters to his family, probably located somewhere near the capital of Egypt at that time, near the Faiyum.

The significance of the papers is that they give rare and valuable information about lives of ordinary members of the lower upper class of Egypt during this period.

In the monetary system at the time of the papyri's creation, rent and taxes were generally (but not invariably) paid to Pharaoh in grain.

For general purposes, however, he only valued new barley himself and was perfectly willing to put his family on short rations in the hope of profit (as Baer noted).

The Egyptian economy was able to double-check its management elements by using double entry accounting, and theoretical or abstract weights and measures units.