Book of the Dead
GD 7967 (=Princeton Pharaonic roll 2), Ptolemaic Period

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Publ./Side: Recto
Material: Papyrus
Items: 1
Size: 21.7 x 58.5 cm.: (a) 16.2 x 39.0 cm.; (b) 21.1 x 13.6 cm. (c) 5.2 x 5.1 cm.
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Date: Ptolemaic Period (?)
Provenance: Probably from a Theban tomb
Acquisition: Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942
Language: Egyptian in Hieroglyphic script
Genre:  Literary
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Type of Text/Title of Work: Book of the Dead
Content: Chapter 17 with polychrome illustrations.
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