papyrus

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Object Type
Museum number: EA9995,2
Description: Funerary papyrus of Kerasher containing Book of Breathing made by Isis for her brother Osiris written in hieratic script; frame 2.
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 27BC-14 (see Herbin 2008, 37)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt, Thebes? (see Herbin 2008, 37)
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 27.50 centimetres (frame); Length: 58.20 centimetres (frame)
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Inscription subject
Curator's comments: Bibliography: See E.A.W. Budge, Book of the Dead. Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher and Netchemet (London 1899), pp.39-43 and pls. I-III. Herbin, F.-R., Books of Breathing and Related Texts (Catalogue of the Books of the Dead and Other Related Texts in the British Museum IV), London, 2008, pp. 38-44, pls. 16-22.
Bibliographic references: Quirke 1993 / Owners of funerary papyri in the British Museum (102); Herbin 2008 / Books of Breathing and Related Texts (pp.37-45, pls.15-24); Budge 1899 / The book of the dead: facsimiles of the papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher and Netchemet with supplementary text from the papyrus of Nu with transcripts, translations, etc. (pp.39-43, pls.I-III); Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources (50324) (http://www.trismegistos.org/text/50324)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Papyrus Survey: Condition Details: Papyrus Black ink Backed: white paper Mount Details: Sandwich: glass (cracked) Sandwich: board Binding: cloth Object Priority: B Mount Priority: C Overall Condition: B Curatorial condition comment: good
Associated names: Named in inscription: Tasenet (mother); Associated with: Osiris
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1852
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA9995,2
Registration number: .9995.2
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Frame.2

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