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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

The Petrie papyri. Hieratic papyri from Kahun and Gurob (Principally of the Middle Kingdom) edited by F. Ll. Griffith.

KAHUN GYNECOLOGICAL PAPYRUS

Publication Details

London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1898 CE.

The Kahun Gynecological Papyrus (also Kahun Papyrus, Kahun Medical Papyrus, or UC 32057) is the oldest known medical text on papyrus, dating from circa 1800 BCE. It was found at El-Lahun, Egypt (Faiyum, Kahun, كاهون‎) by Flinders Petrie in 1889, and first translated by F. Ll. Griffith in 1893, and published in The Petrie Papyri: Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob. The papyrus concerns women's health issues—gynecological diseases, fertility, pregnancy, and contraception. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#7011
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/9177
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLthe-petrie-papyri-hieratic-papyri-from-kahun-and-gurob-principally-of-the-middle-kingdom-edited-by-f-ll-griffith

Geographic Context

Publication place: London