Hieratic Book of the Dead, Ptolemaic Period
Princeton Pharaonic roll 8

"A" Roll Chapters 68-145 Larger image available (Variable Resolutions)

"B" Roll Chapters 144-165 Larger image available (Variable Resolutions)
 
 
 

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Material: Linen
Items: 1
Size: 1160.0 cm. in length
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Negative: 20 transparencies (2 for each of 10 sections)
Conservation Status: mounted on board
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Contents

Date: Ptolemaic Period (?)
Provenance: Probably from a tomb at Saqqâra, Egypt. The owner was Hekaemsaf, an "overseer of the royal ships." His mother was Tinetmehenet.
Acquisition: Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942
Language: Hieratic
Genre:  Literary
Author: Unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work: Book of the Dead (Saite Recension)
Content: Two complete linen rolls of the Book of the Dead on linen, containing chapters 67-165.
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