in hieroglyphic script, manuscript on papyrus [Egypt, most probably Third Intermediate Period (1069-664 BC.)] Pieces of 4 columns of text, the largest 3 approximately 85 by 30mm., the smallest made up from 3 smaller fragments, edges damaged and glued down to cards laid down on a printed paper sheet in German, overall fair condition From an old German collection, and acquired in the early 1980s. These texts were produced as religious and magical guides to aid the deceased in the trials of the journey to the afterlife, and copies of them were included amongst the tomb assemblies of members of the Egyptian social elites. Originally they were reserved only for royal use, but became increasingly popular as larger numbers of elites began to expect to enter the next world, and by the period of the present fragments, they were widely used in the tombs of scribes, priests and officials.
in hieroglyphic script, manuscript on papyrus [Egypt, most probably Third Intermediate Period (1069-664 BC.)] Pieces of 4 columns of text, the largest 3 approximately 85 by 30mm., the smallest made up from 3 smaller fragments, edges damaged and glued down to cards laid down on a printed paper sheet in German, overall fair condition From an old German collection, and acquired in the early 1980s. These texts were produced as religious and magical guides to aid the deceased in the trials of the journey to the afterlife, and copies of them were included amongst the tomb assemblies of members of the Egyptian social elites. Originally they were reserved only for royal use, but became increasingly popular as larger numbers of elites began to expect to enter the next world, and by the period of the present fragments, they were widely used in the tombs of scribes, priests and officials.
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