Papyrus, funerary

Description

A fragment of a vignette from a Book of the Dead, depicting the judgement of the dead, painted in polychrome on papyrus: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 25th/26th Dynasty

Museum reference

A.1956.315.4

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Papyrus, funerary

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Mid 18th Dynasty

Materials

Papyrus

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Woser-amun
Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863

Exhibitions

• 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