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Subject:: Egypt > Antiquities; Egyptian language > Texts; Hieroglyphics; Inscriptions, Egyptian
Extent:: 254 mm x 230 mm

Abstract:: Six (6) fragments on papyrus in large archaistic hieratic characters or cursive hieroglyphs arranged in vertical columns in black ink with yellow ochre and red border lines. The text is from Chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead. These pieces date from perhaps the Nineteenth Dynasty, 1295 BCE – 1186 BCE. The name of the deceased is not preserved in these fragments. The provenance of these fragments is unknown.
Notes:: Digital object made available by : Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts , Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)

"Egyptian Book of the Dead fragments - Chapter 17 (A18076)" Brown Archival & Manuscript Collections Online. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:421460/

Egyptian Book of the Dead fragments - Chapter 17 (A18076)
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