COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Hieroglyphic MS 1
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL060520dc
Image Title:
Book of the Dead
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Subject:
Rites and ceremonies
Description:
Mummy wrapping inscribed with vignettes and spells from the Book of the Dead in hieroglyphics, written on a linen shroud. The colours are remarkably bright. There are suspicions that this is a forgery, possibly copied from a facsimile of a genuine papyrus Book of the Dead in the 19th century.
Place covered:
Egypt
Language:
Egyptian
Language code:
egy-EG
Item height:
340 mm
Item width:
680 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Technique used:
Painting
Support material:
Linen
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Category:
Manuscripts
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
hglm001r
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2006-03-17
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Book of the Dead
