papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10037,3
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Hornedjitef; frame 3; Hieratic text.
- Production date
- 3rdC BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 49.40 centimetres (glass)
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Height: 43.50 centimetres (papyrus)
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Length: 50.60 centimetres (glass)
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Length: 45 centimetres (papyrus)
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Weight: 3725 grammes (in glass)
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Thickness: 1.20 centimetres (glass)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published:
S. Walker and M. Bierbrier, Fayum. Misteriosi volti dall'Egitto, London 1997, p. 150 [108].
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
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1997 22 Oct-1998 30 Apr, Italy, Rome, Fondaione Memmo, Ancient Faces
2006 6 Oct--2007 18 Feb, Tokyo National Museum, Mummy: The Inside Story
2007 17 Mar-17 Jun, Kobe City Museum, Mummy: The Inside Story
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: fractured, loss, bleached
Black ink
Pigment (loss)
Backed: white paper
Displayed in Room 62 until 1992
Checked for loan to Italy 1996
Checked for loan to Japan 2006
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: self adhesive 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
- EA10037,3
- Registration number
- .10037.3
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.3
