papyrus
- Museum number
- EA9900,1
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Nebseny; frame 1; Osiris seated before offerings. Spell 1.
- Production date
- 15thC BC (reign of Thutmose IV, by style)
- Dimensions
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Height: 35.80 centimetres (frame)
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Length: 68.50 centimetres (frame)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Published: G. Lapp, The Papyrus of Nebseni (Catalogue of the Books of the Dead in the British Museum 3, 2004).
For bibliography and date see Irmtraut Munro, Untersuchungen zu den Totenbuch-Papyri der 18.ten Dynastie (London & New York 1987), 281, Katalog, a., 28; the manuscript is Aa in Naville, Tb.
Internal evidence for a Memphite provenance revoked: Lapp, JEA 97 (2011), 207-9.
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Tarasenko, Mykola. 2016. Studies on the vignettes from chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead. I, The image of mś.w Bdšt in ancient Egyptian mythology (Archaeopress Egyptology 16), Oxford, p. 92-93, 99.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: distorted, fragmentary
Black ink
Red ink
Backed: brown paper
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: cloth
Object Priority: B
Mount Priority: A
Overall Condition: C
Curatorial condition comment:
good (but fragmentary near start and sporadic lacunae)
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Book of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA9900,1
- Registration number
- .9900.1
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.1
