Kahun Papyri

The Kahun Papyri (KP; also Petrie Papyri or Lahun Papyri) are a collection of ancient Egyptian texts discussing administrative, mathematical and medical topics.

Its many fragments were discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1889 and are kept at the University College London.

This collection of papyri is one of the largest ever found.

In general the collection spans the Middle Kingdom of Egypt.

[1] The texts span a variety of topics:

Fragments of the Kahun Papyrus on veterinary medicine