papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10037,1
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Hornedjitef; frame 1; Hieratic text.
- Production date
- 3rdC BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 43.80 centimetres
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Length: 63 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published:
S. Walker and M. Bierbrier, Fayum. Misteriosi volti dall'Egitto, London 1997, p. 58 [28];
N. Strudwick, Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt, London 2006, pp. 294-7.
Mosher, Malcom Jr. 2016. The Book of the Dead, Saite through Ptolemaic periods : a study of traditions evident in versions of texts and vignettes (SPBD Studies), vol. I (BD Spells 1-15) and II (BD Spells 16, 18-30), Charleston.
- Location
- On display (G62/dc20)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1997 22 Oct-1998 30 Apr, Italy, Rome, Fondaione Memmo, Ancient Faces
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: fractured, loss
Black ink
Red ink
Backed: white paper
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: self adhesive linen tape
Object Priority: B
Mount Priority: A
Overall Condition: B
Curatorial condition comment:
fair
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Book of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1835
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10037,1
- Registration number
- .10037.1
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.1
