AN EGYPTIAN FRAGMENTARY PAPYRUS FROM THE BOOK OF THE DEAD
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN FRAGMENTARY PAPYRUS FROM THE BOOK OF THE DEAD LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C. Comprising a variant version of Chapter 18 of the Book of the Dead in which the god Thoth is asked to vindicate the deceased before various tribunals of gods which are based on important religious geographical locations, written in hieratic with a rubric in red ink, dedicated to Padineferhotep , illustrated with procession of figures above; and a fragmentary polychrome painted stucco cartonnage fragment with procession of female deities, both glazed 7½ x 4½ in. (19 x 11.4 cm.) and 6 x 4¼ in. (15.3 x 10.8 cm.) respectively (2)
AN EGYPTIAN FRAGMENTARY PAPYRUS FROM THE BOOK OF THE DEAD
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN FRAGMENTARY PAPYRUS FROM THE BOOK OF THE DEAD LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C. Comprising a variant version of Chapter 18 of the Book of the Dead in which the god Thoth is asked to vindicate the deceased before various tribunals of gods which are based on important religious geographical locations, written in hieratic with a rubric in red ink, dedicated to Padineferhotep , illustrated with procession of figures above; and a fragmentary polychrome painted stucco cartonnage fragment with procession of female deities, both glazed 7½ x 4½ in. (19 x 11.4 cm.) and 6 x 4¼ in. (15.3 x 10.8 cm.) respectively (2)
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