- Museum number
- EA9900,4
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Nebseny; frame 4. At top: spell 144/146; 148. Below: spell 99b continued; spell 62; spell 105; spell 105; spell 30b; spell 30a.
- Production date
- 15thC BC (reign of Thutmose IV, by style)
- Dimensions
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Height: 39 centimetres (frame)
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Weight: 4.60 kilograms
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Width: 80.40 centimetres (frame)
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Depth: 0.80 centimetres
- $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.
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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
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
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
2012 July – September, Tokyo, Mori museum, The Book of the Dead: Journey Through the Afterlife
2012, October - November, Fukuoka Museum of Art, The Book of the Dead
2013, Apr - Jul, Paris, Louvre, L'Art Du Contour
2013/2014, Sept - Jan, Musée royaux d’art et d’histoire, Brussels, L'Art Du Contour
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: loss
Black ink
Red ink
Checked for loan to Japan 2006
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: Filmoplast T self adhesive linen tape
Object Priority: B
Mount Priority: A
Overall Condition: B
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
- EA9900,4
- Registration number
- .9900.4
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.4
