The Turin Papyrus 55001 has caused a considerable discussion among Egyptologists. The papyrus was studied in the Turin museum deposit during the 19^th century and at that time the theme of the papyrus was rather shocking. J.-F. Champollion and a number of other Egyptologists studied the scroll, and often dismissed it as a testimony to ancient immorality. More recently, a full publication has been made, and the papyrus is now often quoted in works dealing with ancient sexuality, eroticism and even humour. However, the question of the origin and use of the papyrus has not yet been fully cleared. It is possible that its origin is connected with the scribes’ and artisans’ workshops which created the funerary papyri, and the fact that some motifs of the papyrus were rendered similarly to religious scenes, might have been caused by this authorship rather than by deliberate parody of religious themes in the humorous and erotic atmosphere of the papyrus. Human figures, details of hairdo, dresses, and faces are very similar to the Books of the Dead, especially Late New Kingdom, and Third Intermediate Period in the Theban area. The authorship can be therefore supposed to be traceable the context of workshops specialised in funerary production in Western Thebes. However, this would answer only one part of questions arising around this document. We still must search more carefully for its social and cultural purpose, audience and reception. If the satirical use was not its main purpose, was it a pure entertainment? Should we suppose that Egyptians used it as a sort of a manual of sexual life? The present paper aims at indicating possible reconsidered and revised hypotheses regarding the authors and the readers of this unique testimony of less known faces of ancient Egyptian culture.