A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN LINEN MUMMY BANDAGES FOR HOR-PA-KHEM
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN LINEN MUMMY BANDAGES FOR HOR-PA-KHEM LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C. Ink inscribed with hieratic text from the Book of the Dead, one with Spell 159 reading: 'Spell for a papyrus-amulet of feldspar to be placed at (the throat of the deceased). To be said by Osiris Hor-pa-khem, alias Gayres, justified, son of Ta-Imen. O, you who have come forth today from the gods' house, voice of the Great One, encompass her at (the door of the twin seats...)', 81½ x 1¾ in. (206 x 4.6 cm.); another with Spell 163, Spell for not letting a man's corpse perish in the realm of the dead, 159 x 1¾ in. (404 x 4.5 cm.); three similar with Spell 164, 63¼ x 2½ in. (161 xx 6.5 cm.) max.; and a group of various inscribed papyri (a lot)
A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN LINEN MUMMY BANDAGES FOR HOR-PA-KHEM
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN LINEN MUMMY BANDAGES FOR HOR-PA-KHEM LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C. Ink inscribed with hieratic text from the Book of the Dead, one with Spell 159 reading: 'Spell for a papyrus-amulet of feldspar to be placed at (the throat of the deceased). To be said by Osiris Hor-pa-khem, alias Gayres, justified, son of Ta-Imen. O, you who have come forth today from the gods' house, voice of the Great One, encompass her at (the door of the twin seats...)', 81½ x 1¾ in. (206 x 4.6 cm.); another with Spell 163, Spell for not letting a man's corpse perish in the realm of the dead, 159 x 1¾ in. (404 x 4.5 cm.); three similar with Spell 164, 63¼ x 2½ in. (161 xx 6.5 cm.) max.; and a group of various inscribed papyri (a lot)
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