Book of the Dead

Classification/Broad: Manuscript

Classification/Specific: Book of the Dead

Material/Broad: Botanical

Material/Specific: Plant Fiber, Papyrus

Measurements: 451 H x 1130 L x 32 Th mm (framed)

Description: The first framed section of the papyrus of Nesshutefnut (Papyrus Ryerson) preserves Book of the Dead spells 16–20, according to the numbering applied by Karl Richard Lepsius in 1849. Spell 16 was a designation given to the illustration seen at the right edge of this section, showing Nesshutefnut before an offering table at the bottom, the rising sun adorned by ba-birds and baboons, the shining sun worshipped by two female figures, and the boat of the sun god at the top. The following four columns of text with illustration above belong to spell 17. Spell 18 begins where the text is split into two registers, one above and below, with thin columns of text below the illustration showing Nesshutefnut before various divine tribunals. The final two columns contain spells 19 and 20 respectively, each of which is described in the title of the spell as a "spell for the wreath of justification."

Region: Thebes

Country: Egypt

Place/site: Thebes

Place/other: --

Locus: --

Period: Ptolemaic

Date: 250-150 BCE

Culture: Egyptian

Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty

King/Ruler: --

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Egyptian

Script: Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Dialect: Middle Egyptian

Inscription Description: --

Inscription Subject: Book of the Dead

Inscription Type: Religious

Inscription Location: Front

Translation:

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Transliteration One:

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Transliteration Two:

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Transliteration Three:

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Registration Number: E9787A

Accession Number: 212

Field Number: H 337