papyrus

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Object Type
Museum number: EA9995,4
Description: Funerary papyrus of Kerasher containing Book of Breathing made by Isis for her brother Osiris written in hieratic script; frame 4; full colour judgement scene vignette.
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 27BC-14 (see Herbin 2008, 37)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt, Thebes? (see Herbin 2008, 37)
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 27.20 centimetres (frame); Length: 92.20 centimetres (frame)
$Inscriptions
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, p. 40, pl. 24.
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); Taylor 2010 / Journey through the afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead (no. 111); Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources (50324) (http://www.trismegistos.org/text/50324)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2010 4th Nov-2011 6th March, Round Reading Room BM, Book of the Dead
Condition: Papyrus Survey: Condition Details: Papyrus: bleached Black ink Pigment (faded, discoloured) Backed: white paper Backed: board Displayed in Room 62 until 1997 Mount Details: Sandwich: glass Sandwich: board Binding: Filmoplast T self adhesive linen tape Object Priority: B Mount Priority: A Overall Condition:A Curatorial condition comment: good
Subjects
Associated names: Named in inscription: Tasenet (mother); Associated with: Osiris; Named in inscription & portrayed: Horus; Named in inscription & portrayed: Anubis; Representation of: Maat; Named in inscription & portrayed: Thoth; Representation of: Ammit; Named in inscription & portrayed: Osiris; Named in inscription & portrayed: Isis
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1852
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA9995,4
Registration number: .9995.4
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Frame.4
Conservation: Treatment: 25 Mar 1999; Treatment: 27 Sep 2010

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