COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
mediaCollectionId
ManchesterDev~93~3
Papyri Collection
Collection
true
Reference number:
Hieroglyphic MS 3
reference_number
Hieroglyphic MS 3
Reference number
false
Side:
recto
folio
recto
Side
false
Image Number:
JRL240300075
image_number
JRL240300075
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:
Mummy wrapping inscribed with vignettes and spells from the Book of the Dead, written in hieratic 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
Mummy wrapping inscribed with vignettes and spells from the Book of the Dead, written in hieratic 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
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:
215 mm
item_height
215 mm
Item height
false
Item width:
325 mm
item_width
325 mm
Item width
false
Technique used:
Handwriting
technique_used
Handwriting
Technique used
false
Technique used:
Drawing (image-making)
technique_used
Drawing (image-making)
Technique used
false
Support material:
Linen
support_material
Linen
Support material
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
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:
hglm003r
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
image_technique
Digital capture by Gten
Image technique
false
Date image captured:
2006-03-17
date_image_captured
2006-03-17
Date image captured
false
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
collection_code
Papyri
Collection Code
false