papyrus
- Museum number
- EA9902,4
- Description
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Book of the Dead of Tentawy; frame 4; black outline vignettes.
- Dimensions
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Height: 38 centimetres (frame)
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Length: 34 centimetres (frame)
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Weight: 3 kilograms (framed dimensions)
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Depth: 10 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- 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.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2010 4th Nov-2011 6th March, Round Reading Room BM, Book of the Dead
2013 May - September, Perth, Western Australian Museum, The Book of the Dead
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: fractured
Black ink
Backed: brown paper
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Binding: Filmoplast T self adhesive linen tape
Object Priority: A
Mount Priority: A
Overall Condition: B
Curatorial condition comment:
good
- Associated titles
Inscription from: Book of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1835
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA9902,4
- Registration number
- .9902.4
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.4
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Miscellaneous number: S.955
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Miscellaneous number: S.956
