papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10558,10
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Ankhwahibra; frame 10; black line vignettes at top; Hieratic text in red and black below.
- Dimensions
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Length: 50.40 centimetres (frame)
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Width: 26.80 centimetres (frame)
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Depth: 0.08 centimetres (frame)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- To be published by Svenja Guelden (University of Mainz).
Bibliography:
Wüthrich, A., Édition synoptique et traduction des chapitres supplémentaires du Livre des Morts 162 à 167 (Studien zu Altägyptischen Totentexten 19,1, 2). Wiesbaden 2015.
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
2012 Mar-Jul, Abu Dhabi, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Treasures of the World’s Cultures
2012-2013 Nov-Mar, Bonn, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle, Treasures of the World's Cultures
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: bleached, brittle, cockled, loss, lifting, delaminating, fractured
Black ink: abraded, loss
Red ink: abraded, loss
Backed: linen
Supported overall: linen, brown paper patches, Japanese paper
Displayed in Room 62 until 1997
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: Filmoplast T self adhesive linen tape
Object Priority: A
Mount Priority: A
Overall Condition: B
Curatorial condition comment:
fair
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Book of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1920
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10558,10
- Registration number
- 1920,1115.1.10
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.10
