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Object Type
Museum number: EA9909,3
Description: Book of the Dead of Taykhemawy (T3y-ḫm-`wy); frame 3; Judgement scene in black outline with some additional red.
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt) (auction catalogue)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 37 centimetres (frame); Length: 67 centimetres (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
Location: Not on display
Condition: Papyrus Survey: Condition Details: Papyrus Black ink Red ink Backed: brown paper Mount Details: Sandwich: glass Sandwich: board Binding: cloth Object Priority: B Mount Priority: A Overall Condition: B Curatorial condition comment: good (incomplete - central horizontal strip missing throughout)
Subjects: ancient egyptian deity; ancient egyptian demon
Associated names: Named in inscription: Taykhemawy; Named in inscription: Nesnebthut (mother); Named in inscription & portrayed: Osiris; Named in inscription & portrayed: Horus; Named in inscription & portrayed: Anubis; Representation of: Ammit
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Henry Salt; Purchased through: Sotheby's
Acquisition date: 1835
Acquisition notes: Lot Number 1101 at sale.
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA9909,3
Registration number: .9909.3
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Frame.3; Miscellaneous number: S.1101

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