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Object Type
Museum number: EA9902,2
Description: Book of the Dead of Tentawy; frame 2; black outline vignettes along top.
Cultures/periods
Production place: Original from: Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt) (Auction Catalogue)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 42.70 centimetres (frame); Length: 58.50 centimetres (frame)
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject: funerary; mortuary; ritual
Curator's comments: In two lots at Salt sale 1835, lots 955 (acquired by Payne) and 956 (Thorpe). Published: 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: Quirke 1993 / Owners of funerary papyri in the British Museum (261); Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources (57207) (http://www.trismegistos.org/text/57207)
Location: On display (G62/dc24)
Condition: Papyrus Survey: Condition Details: Papyrus: creased, fractured Black ink (abraded, smudged) Red ink Backed: brown paper Mount Details: Sandwich: glass Binding: self adhesive linen tape Object Priority: A Mount Priority: A Overall Condition: B Curatorial condition comment: good
Subjects
Associated names: Named in inscription: Tentawy; Named in inscription: Astweret (mother)
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Henry Salt; Purchased from: Payne (dealer); Purchased from: Thorpe (dealer); Purchased through: Sotheby's
Acquisition date: 1835
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA9902,2
Registration number: .9902.2
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Frame.2; Miscellaneous number: S.955; Miscellaneous number: S.956
Conservation: Treatment: 25 Mar 1999; Treatment: 17 Dec 1987

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