COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Hieratic P 6
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL0810101dc
Image Title:
Book of Breathing
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Egypt--Antiquities
Section:
Columns 10 & 11
Description:
Book of Breathing written for a woman named Heryet, whose mother was named Tapelyet. The tenth and eleventh columns of text: fully preserved painted vignettess appear above the text. The Book of Breathing is an Ancient Egyptian funerary text.
Date created:
2nd century CE
Time period covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered:
Egypt
Language:
Egyptian
Language code:
egy-EG
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Scrolls
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
hrt006r-010
Image technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured:
2008-06-24
Date: issued:
2008-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Papyri
Book of Breathing
