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===Year 4=== The [[Wilbour Papyrus]], believed to date to Year 4 of Ramesses V's reign, was a major land survey and tax assessment document which covered various lands "extending from near [[Crocodilopolis]] (Medinet el-Fayyum) southwards to a little short of the modern town of El-Minya, a distance of some 90 miles."<ref>[[Alan Gardiner|Gardiner, Alan]]; ''Egypt of the Pharaohs'', (1961).</ref> It reveals most of Egypt's land was controlled by the Amun temples, which also directed the country's finances. The document highlights the increasing power of the High Priest of Amun [[Ramessesnakht]] whose son, a certain Usimare'nakhte, held the office of chief tax master.
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