papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10018,1
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Henuttawy; frame 1; full colour vignette.
- Dimensions
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Height: 231 centimetres
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Width: 55 centimetres (frame)
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Depth: 7 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2012 July - September, Tokyo, Mori museum, The Book of the Dead: Journey Through the Afterlife
2012, October - November, Fukuoka Museum of Art, The Book of the Dead
2013, May - September, Perth, Western Australian Museum, The Book of the Dead
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: fractured, loss, varnished
Black ink
Pigment: loose, scattered
Backed: linen
Displayed in Room 62 until 1997
Displayed in Room 61 from 2001 until 2007
Loan to Japan 2012 'Journey through the Afterlife' exhibition.
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: Filmoplast T self adhesive linen tape.
Object Priority: A
Mount Priority: A
Overall Condition: B
Curatorial condition comment:
good
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Amduat
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Acquisition notes
- Murray was British Consul-General in Egypt.
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10018,1
- Registration number
- .10018.1
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.1
