{The Abu Sir Papyri and the important administrative aspects it reflects}

The Old Kingdom found a set of unique documents in its door, which help us know the system’s work mechanisms from the inside. What is meant here is a series of papyri written in the hieratic script and known as the “Abu Sir” papyrus, and it came from the archives of the temple “Nefer Ir Ka Ra” Mortuary, one of the kings of the Fifth Dynasty.

These documents provide information about the temple equipment, as it was prepared regularly, to ensure the greatest accuracy and mention the temple members’ administrative body. Some of them were permanent workers, and another part worked periodically, and the number of these individuals exceeded two hundred, and we also know the schedules of periods Serve them.

The bulk of these papyri describes the manufactured or food products delivered to the temple to provide for the needs of religious rituals, which consist of regular supplies of fabrics, loaves of bread, meat, and grains—ten cows over ten days.

It seems that the source of these foodstuffs is complex, as the real estate administrations are linked to the funerary temple, which seems to be closely linked to the Sun Temple of King Nefer Ir Ka Ra, through which part of the supplies allocated to the mortuary temple is transferred. Other institutions participating in the delivery of these shipments, Particularly funeral temples for other kings, are involved.

On the other hand, it seems that the royal residence has played a central role in providing a significant part of the supplies, as, through the analysis of all the data, we find that they provide real evidence that the majority of the temple and other temples resources were concentrated in the royal administrative apparatus, which will later undertake the distribution of resources—Ali various beneficiaries of it.