COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
mediaCollectionId
ManchesterDev~93~3
Papyri Collection
Collection
true
Reference number:
Hieroglyphic MS 4
reference_number
Hieroglyphic MS 4
Reference number
false
Side:
recto
folio
recto
Side
false
Image Number:
JRL240300076
image_number
JRL240300076
Image Number
false
Image Title:
Book of the Dead
image_title
Book of the Dead
Image Title
false
Subject:
Death
subject
Death
Subject
false
Subject:
Funeral rites and ceremonies
subject
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Subject
false
Subject:
Rites and ceremonies
subject
Rites and ceremonies
Subject
false
Description:
Manuscript inscribed with vignettes and hieratic text from chapters of the Book of the Dead, written on a linen shroud. There are suspicions that this is a forgery, possibly copied from a facsimile of a genuine papyrus Book of the Dead in the 19th century.
description
Manuscript inscribed with vignettes and hieratic text from chapters of the Book of the Dead, written on a linen shroud. There are suspicions that this is a forgery, possibly copied from a facsimile of a genuine papyrus Book of the Dead in the 19th century.
Description
false
Creation site:
Egypt
creation_site
Egypt
Creation site
false
Date created:
3rd century BCE
date_created
3rd century BCE
Date created
false
Time period covered:
750 - 1 BCE
time_period_covered
750 - 1 BCE
Time period covered
false
Place covered:
Egypt
place_covered
Egypt
Place covered
false
Language:
Egyptian
language
Egyptian
Language
false
Language code:
egy-EG
language_code
egy-EG
Language code
false
Item height:
210 mm
item_height
210 mm
Item height
false
Item width:
520 mm
item_width
520 mm
Item width
false
Technique used:
Handwriting
technique_used
Handwriting
Technique used
false
Support material:
Linen
support_material
Linen
Support material
false
Style Period:
Ptolemaic
style_period
Ptolemaic
Style Period
false
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
former_repository
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Former repository
false
Category:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category
false
Sub-Category:
Scrolls
sub_category
Scrolls
Sub-Category
false
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
image_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Image rights
false
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights
false
Image sequence number:
hglm004r
Image technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
image_technique
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Image technique
false
Date image captured:
2024-03-01
date_image_captured
2024-03-01
Date image captured
false
Date: issued:
2024-04
date__issued
2024-04
Date: issued
false
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
collection_code
Papyri
Collection Code
false