Source
petrie-1895b
Petrie (ed.), Egyptian Tales, Second Series, Griffith's translation of Papyrus D'Orbiney. Public domain, archived 2026-07-30. The primary witness.
7 attestations across 1 entry rest on this source — 1% of every attestation in the corpus.
What rests on it
If this source were withdrawn, these are the claims that would need re-sourcing. That is the point of listing them.
| Entry | Locus | Attests |
|---|---|---|
| Bata ●full | Papyrus D'Orbiney, Griffith trans. | "I shall draw out my soul, and I shall put it upon the top of the flowers of the **acacia**… if thou searchest for it **seven years**" |
| Bata ●full | same | the **life-token**: the cup of beer that becomes troubled, the wine whose smell is evil |
| Bata ●full | same | "when Ra ariseth, I shall judge with thee before Him, and He discerneth between the good and the evil" |
| Bata ●full | same | the false accusation; Anubis slays his wife and casts her to the dogs |
| Bata ●full | Papyrus D'Orbiney | **Ra Harakhti orders Khnumu to "frame thou a woman for Bata"**; "the essence of every god was in her" |
| Bata ●full | same | the **seven Hathors** pronounce at her making, "with one mouth": "She will die a sharp death" |
| Bata ●full | same | Bata tells her where his soul is — "he opened unto her his heart in all its nature" |