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papyrus
Object Type
papyrus
Museum number
EA74127
Description
Book of the Dead of Padiamennebnesuttawy son of Tasheretenmin, broken into numerous fragments, mounted in five frames, with hieratic text and vignettes in red and black.
Cultures/periods
Ptolemaic
Production date
3rdC BC
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Tomb of Ankhhor (Thebes)
, intrusive burial
Materials
papyrus
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
33 centimetres
(height of each frame)
Length:
76.50 centimetres
(height of each frame)
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
funerary
mortuary
ritual
Curator's comments
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.
Bibliographic references
Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources
(57281)
(http://www.trismegistos.org/text/57281)
Location
Not on display
Condition
poor - extremely fragmentary
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Padiamunnebnesuttawy
Named in inscription:
Tasheretenmin
(mother)
Named in inscription:
Neshorpakhered
(mother)
Associated places
Named in inscription:
Karnak (Thebes)
Associated titles
Inscription from:
Book of the Dead
Acquisition name
From:
Henry Salt
(?)
From:
George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris
(?)
Acquisition date
1823
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA74127
Registration number
1993,0120.3