papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10477,11
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Nu; sheet 11; full colour vignettes; red and black ink. Spell 83 continued; spell 84; spell 81; spell 87; spell 88; spell 132; spell 148; spell 52; spell 53.
- Dimensions
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Length: 73.30 centimetres (frame)
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Width: 39.50 centimetres (frame)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published: G. Lapp, The Papyrus of Nu (Catalogue of the Books of the Dead in the British Museum 1, 1997).
Lucarelli, Rita. 2015. The inhabitants of the Fourteenth Hill of Spell 149 of the Book of the Dead. In Morenz, Ludwig D. and Amr El Hawary (eds). Weitergabe: Festschrift für die Ägyptologin Ursula Rößler-Köhler zum 65. Geburtstag, 275-291. Weisbaden: Harrassowitz.
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. 30, 92, 99.
- Location
- Not on display
- 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: cockled, fractured, insect attack, loss
Black ink
Red ink
Pigment: orpiment faded, copper degradation, friable
Backed: brown paper
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: Filmoplast T self adhesive linen tape
Object Priority: B
Mount Priority: A
Overall Condition: B
Curatorial condition comment:
fair - lacunae
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Book of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1888
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10477,11
- Registration number
- 1888,0515.4.11
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1889,0514.1 (also registered as)
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.11
