Detail View: Papyri Collection: Book of the Dead
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Reference number:
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Hieroglyphic P 3
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL030596tr
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Image Title:
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Book of the Dead
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Subject:
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Death
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Subject:
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Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Subject:
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Rites and ceremonies
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Subject:
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Magic
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Description:
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On the left hand side are drawings of the dead person being led before Osiris; his soul is weighed against the feather of Mat. On the right are spells to support him in the other world.
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Creation site:
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Egypt
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Date created:
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1st - 2nd century BCE
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Time period covered:
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750 - 1 BCE
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Place covered:
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Egypt
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Language:
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Egyptian
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Language code:
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egy-EG
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Scrolls
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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hgl003r
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Image technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Papyri
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