papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10478,6
- Description
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Book of the Dead: chapter 168; full colour vignettes.
- Dimensions
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Length: 69.80 centimetres (frame)
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Width: 36.20 centimetres (frame)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Published: Piankoff, Wanderings of the Soul (1974): pls.17-33.To be included in a study of BD spell 168 by Marcus Mueller (Bonn).
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See M. Mueller-Roth, F. Weber in R. Lucarelli et al (ed.), Heraugehen am Tage: Gesammelte Schriften zum altaegyptischen Totenbuch (SAT 17; Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2012), p. 126-8.
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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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Exhibited:
2010 4th Nov-2011 6th March, Round Reading Room BM, Book of the Dead
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: bleached
Black ink
Red ink
Pigment: faded, copper degradation, loss, flaking
Backed: brown paper
Displayed in Room 62 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
- 1890
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10478,6
- Registration number
- 1890,0412.1.6
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.6
