Manuscript

83-1-1B

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 83-1-1B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt
Period Late Period
Section Egyptian
Materials Papyrus | Ink
Iconography Book Of The Dead
Inscription Language Hieratic
Description

Part of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes. This fragment has parts of 3 columns of text with a maximum of 15 lines per colum. The writing is in both black and red ink. There ae two vignettes accompanying the text: a standing mummiform crocodile and to the right, a deity with a human head and a serpent body.

Length 11.2 cm
Width 18.2 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1983

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