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papyrus
Object Type
papyrus
Museum number
EA10206
Description
Funerary papyrus containing First Book of Breathing (three fragments) written in hieratic script.
Cultures/periods
Roman Period
Production date
1stC-2ndC
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
, probably Thebes? (see Herbin 2008, 80)
Materials
papyrus
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
funerary
Curator's comments
Bibliography: Herbin, F.-R., Books of Breathing and Related Texts (Catalogue of the Books of the Dead and Other Related Texts in the British Museum IV), London, 2008, pp. 80-81, pls. 40-41.
Bibliographic references
Herbin 2008 / Books of Breathing and Related Texts
(pp.80-81, pls.40-41)
Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources
(57956)
(http://www.trismegistos.org/text/57956)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Papyrus Survey: Condition Details: Papyrus Black ink Mount Details: Sandwich: glass Binding: self adhesive tape Object Priority: A Mount Priority: A Overall Condition: A Curatorial condition comment: fair - fragmentary
Acquisition name
From:
Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA10206
Registration number
.10206
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
BS.10206
(Birch Slip Number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 04 Nov 1994