papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10554,29
- Title
- Series: The Greenfield Papyrus
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Nestanebetisheru; frame 29.
Black line vignette of deceased carrying offerings before the sign for ‘mansion’ (O6); deceased adoring Thoth who stands before an altar; deceased stands adoring barque carrying two kneeling figures holding sekhem-sceptres, an offering table and a seated ancient Egyptian gatekeeper. Three hieroglyphic lines written in black ink identify the deceased. Below is one column of hieratic text written in black and red ink in two sections; occupied remaining height and full width of sheet: Spells 108, 112.
- Production date
- 950 BC - 930 BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 52.20 centimetres (frame)
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Width: 39.30 centimetres (frame)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published:
Budge, E. A. Wallis, The Greenfield papyrus in the British Museum: the funerary papyrus of Princess Nesitanebtashru, daughter of Painetchem II and Nesi-Khensu, and priestess of Amen-Ra at Thebes, about B.C. 970. London, 1912.
Hughes, Richard Smith, The vignettes in the Greenfield Papyrus in the British Museum (BM EA 10554): the Book of the Dead of Nest-ta-nebt-ashru (950-930 BC) . Ridgecrest, 2013.
Cfr.
Mosher, Catalogue of the Books of the Dead in the BM: The Papyrus of Hor, (2001), p.80 n.25.
N. Billing, Nut the Goddess of Life, USE 5 (2002), p. 331, fig. A.3.
Nicholson and Shaw, Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology (Cambridge 2000), p. 119, p.233 fig.9.3
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2012 7 July -17 September Mori museum, Tokyo & 6 October-25 November, Fukuoka Museum of Art, The Book of the Dead: Journey Through the Afterlife
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: loss, deposit
Black ink (abraded)
Red ink
Backed: brown paper
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Sandwich: board
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
- 1910
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10554,29
- Registration number
- 1910,0509.1.29
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.29