- Museum number
- EA6122
- Description
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Rectangular calcite tablet bearing seven incised columns of Hieroglyphic text naming seven oils used in Opening of Mouth Ceremony; seven circular oil-wells.
- Dimensions
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Length: 14 centimetres
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Weight: 0.226 kilograms
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Thickness: 1 centimetres
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Width: 7.60 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published:
Art and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, Japan 1999-2000, [63]
Sacred Food, Barcelona 2001, p. 201 [85]
These oils are mentioned in the Coffin Texts and were used in the Opening of the Mouth ceremony, a ritual which was intended animate statues or re-animate the mummified deceased.
Bibliography:
M. Rochholz, ‘Zu den Paletten für die Salböle’, in ‘Wege offnen: Festschrift fur Rolf Gundlach zun 65. Geburtstag’, (1996), pp. 223-231.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2001 30 Jun-30 Sep, Barcelona, Sacred Food
2006-2007 6 Oct-18 Feb, Tokyo, National Museum of Nature and Science, Mummy: The Inside Story
2007 17 Mar-17 Jun, Kobe City Museum, Mummy: The Inside Story
2011 Jul–Sept, Newcastle, Great North Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Oct–Jan, Dorchester, Dorset County Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Feb–June, Leeds City Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Jul-Oct, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Nov– Feb 2013, Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2013 Mar–Aug, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery , Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2016-2017 10 Oct-30 Apr, Sydney, Powerhouse Museum, Ancient Lives
2017 16 Jun-18 Oct, Hong Kong Science Museum, Ancient Lives
2017-2018 14 Nov-20 Feb, Taiwan, National Palace Museum, Ancient Lives
2018 16 Mar-22 Jul, Brisbane, Queensland Museum of Art, Ancient Lives
2019-2020 14 Sept- 28 Jun, Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Ancient Lives EXTENDED DUE TO COVID19
2020-2021, 19 Sept - 21 Mar, Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Ancient Lives
2021-2022 9 Oct - 10 Jan, Tokyo, Museum of Science and Nature, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2022 5 Feb- 8 May, Kobe City Museum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2022 14 Jul- 26 Oct, Madrid, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2022-2023 1 Dec – 19 Mar, Barcelona, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2023 25 Apr - 2 Sep, Seville, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2023-2024 6 Oct – 21 Jan, Valencia, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1835
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA6122
- Registration number
- .6122
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.6122 (Birch Slip Number)