Case file · Folklore / legend
The Ramesside dream book
A papyrus from the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina, around 1275 BCE, lists dreams and their meanings, good or bad: seeing a large cat is good, seeing your face in a mirror is bad.
1,275 BCE · 25.73, 32.60 · status: account
The account
It's one of the oldest dream-interpretation manuals in the world, now in the Chester Beatty collection.