COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Hieroglyphic MS 4
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL030550tr
Image Title:
Book of the Dead
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Subject:
Rites and ceremonies
Description:
Manuscript inscribed with vignettes and hieratic text from chapters of the Book of the Dead, written on a linen shroud. 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.
Creation site:
Egypt
Date created:
3rd century BCE
Time period covered:
750 - 1 BCE
Place covered:
Egypt
Language:
Egyptian
Language code:
egy-EG
Item height:
210 mm
Item width:
520 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Linen
Style Period:
Ptolemaic
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Scrolls
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
hglm004r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, January 2006
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Book of the Dead
