Papyrus, funerary

Description

Four framed fragments of the Book of the Dead of the Vizier Useramun containing spells 119, 7 and 99, originally written in semi-cursive hieroglyphs on a roll of papyrus, of which only 11 fragments survive: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, mid 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose IV, c.1479-1457 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.315.1

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Papyrus, funerary

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Papyrus

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• The Tomb

References

Munro, Irmtraut 1990. Der Totenbuch-Papyrus des Veziers Wsr-Jmn. Göttinger Miszellen 116, 73-95.

Possible reference? Newberry, 1913, 'Egyptian Historical Notes', Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, p. 156

Aldred, Cyril, 'The Funerary Papyrus of Woseramūn', The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 36 (Dec., 1950), p. 112