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papyrus
Object Type
papyrus
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
Ruler:
Augustus (Octavian)
Cultures/periods
Roman Period
Production date
27BC-14
(see Herbin 2008, 37)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
, Thebes? (see Herbin 2008, 37)
Materials
papyrus
Dimensions
Height:
27.20 centimetres
(frame)
Length:
92.20 centimetres
(frame)
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
funerary
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
ancient egyptian deity
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
Associated Title:
Book of Breathing
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Antoine Barthélemy Clot
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