papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10472,4
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Anhay; frame 4; full colour judgement vignette; blue border at top, yellow/red at bottom. The judgment of Anhay.
- Dimensions
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Length: 63.80 centimetres (frame)
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Width: 46 centimetres (frame)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published:
W. Seipel, Ägypten 1, Linz 1989, p.173 [139].
G. Pinch, Magic in Ancient Egypt (London 1994), fig.15.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1989 Apr-Sep, Linz, Oberosterreichisches Landesmuseum, Götter-Gräber und die Kunst-4000 Jahre altäg Jenseitsglaube
1997 May, London, BBC TV Centre, Blue Peter broadcast
1997 13 Oct-1998 5 Jan, India, New Delhi, National Museum, The Enduring Image
1998 9 Feb-3 May, India, Mumbai, Sir Caswasjee Jahangir Hall, The Enduring Image
2001 26 Jun-23 Sep, Birmingham Gas Hall, Egypt Revealed
2010 4th Nov-2011 6th March, Round Reading Room BM, Book of the Dead
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: bleached, loss
Black ink
Pigment: faded, friable, loss, flaking
Backed: brown paper
Checked for loan to USA 1990
Checked for loan to India 1996
Checked for loan to Birmingham 2001
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: Filmoplast T 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
- 1888
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10472,4
- Registration number
- 1888,0512.222.4
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.4