Detail View: Papyri Collection: Book of Breathing
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Reference number:
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Hieratic P 6
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL030595tr
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Image Title:
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Book of Breathing
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Subject:
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Death
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Subject:
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Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Subject:
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Religion
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Subject:
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Egypt--Antiquities
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Description:
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Book of Breathing written for a woman named Heryet, whose mother was named Tapelyet. Thirteen columns of text demarcated by black lines. There is some significant damage to the first column, which is blackened. Painted vignettes appear above the text. Unfortunately, damage to the upper section of the papyrus destroyed many of the scenes, leaving traces above column 1 and fully preserved scenes above columns 10-13. The Book of Breathing is an Ancient Egyptian funerary text.
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Date created:
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2nd century
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Time period covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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Place covered:
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Egypt
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Language:
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Egyptian
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Language code:
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egy-EG
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Scrolls
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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hrt006r
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Image technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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