papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10470,6
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Ani; frame 6; full colour vignettes; red borders. Spell 1 continued; spell 22 and rubric of spell 72.
- Dimensions
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Length: 61 centimetres (frame)
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Width: 42.30 centimetres (frame)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- James in Davies, Colour and Painting (2001): 141-57, col. pl.49 [1].
Tarasenko, Mykola. 2016. Studies on the vignettes from chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead. I, The image of mś.w Bdšt in ancient Egyptian mythology (Archaeopress Egyptology 16), Oxford, p. 100.
- Location
- On display (G62/dc24)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2010 4th Nov-2011 6th March, Round Reading Room BM, Book of the Dead
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: fractured, loss
Black ink
Red ink
Pigment: faded, loss
Backed: brown paper
Checked for loan to USA 1999 (AFA)
Displayed in Room 60 until 1997
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: Filmoplast T self adhesive linen tape
Object Priority: B
Mount Priority: A
Overall Condition: B
Curatorial condition comment:
good
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Book of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1888
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10470,6
- Registration number
- 1888,0515.1.6
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame 6
