Detail View: Papyri Collection: Book of Breathing
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Reference number:
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Hieratic P 6
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL0810096dc
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Image Title:
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Book of Breathing
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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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Religion
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Subject:
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Egypt--Antiquities
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Section:
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Column 1
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Description:
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Book of Breathing written for a woman named Heryet, whose mother was named Tapelyet. There is some significant damage to this first column, which is blackened. The remains of painted vignettes appear above the text. The Book of Breathing is an Ancient Egyptian funerary text.
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Date created:
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2nd century CE
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Time period covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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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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hrt006r-001
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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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2008-06-24
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Date: issued:
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2008-11
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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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