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LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
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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)
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)
Provenance
English private collection, acquired in the early 19th Century; and thence by descent to the present owner.
Item two: ink inscription on frame reading "Egyptian painting from the cartonnage of a mummy from Thebes".
Item two: ink inscription on frame reading "Egyptian painting from the cartonnage of a mummy from Thebes".
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