papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10558,27
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Ankhwahibra; frame 27; black line vignettes(with Hieroglyphic text); Hieratic text in red and black.
- Dimensions
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Height: 32.20 centimetres
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Width: 63.20 centimetres
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Depth: 1 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- 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.
G. Pinch, Magic in Ancient Egypt (London 1994), fig.54.
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.
To be published by Svenja Guelden (University of Mainz).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2014-15 22 May to 19 April, London, British Museum, 'Ancient Lives, New Discoveries'
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: bleached, brittle, creased, fractured, delaminating
Black ink (abraded)
Red ink (abraded)
Backed: linen
Supported overall: brown paper
Displayed in Room 62 until 1997
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Sandwich: board
Binding: leather (deteriorated)
Object Priority: C
Mount Priority: B
Overall Condition: C
Curatorial condition comment:
good
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Book of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1920
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10558,27
- Registration number
- 1920,1115.1.27
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.27