Detail View: Papyri Collection: Book of the Dead
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Reference number:
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Hieroglyphic MS 1
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL240300073
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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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Description:
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Mummy wrapping inscribed with vignettes and spells from the Book of the Dead in hieroglyphics, written on a linen shroud. The colours are remarkably bright. 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.
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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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Item height:
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340 mm
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Item width:
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680 mm
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Technique used:
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Painting
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Support material:
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Linen
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Former repository:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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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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hglm001r
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date image captured:
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2024-03-01
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Date: issued:
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2024-04
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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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