papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10844,4
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Men-[..]; sheet 4; Hieratic text; black line vignettes.
- Dimensions
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Length: 51 centimetres (frame)
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Width: 30.50 centimetres (frame)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Fragments of gold foil apparently from this papyrus are registered as EA 76470; fragments of papyrus as EA 76472; fragments of textile as EA 76473.
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.
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See S. Quirke, 'The Last Books of the Dead?' in W. V. Davies (ed), Studies in Egyptian Antiquities: A Tribute to T. G. H. James (BM Occasional Paper 123, 1999), 83-98.
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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
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: brittle, discoloured, fractured, fragile, loss, stained
Black ink
Red ink
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: masking tape
Object Priority: B
Mount Priority: B
Overall Condition: B
Curatorial condition comment:
fair
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Book of the Dead
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10844,4
- Registration number
- .10844.4
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.4
