Papyrus

Description

Glazed sheet of papyrus written in black ink with fifteen lines of hieratic script consisting of a chapter from the Book of the Dead, dedicated to the God's Father Paiistjenef: Ancient Egyptian, 3rd Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, c.1069-945 BC

Museum reference

A.212.113.2

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Papyrus

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

3rd Intermediate Period
21st Dynasty

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Papyrus

Physical description

Papyrus; written in black ink

Collection place(s)

Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Paiyes-tjenef, God's Father

Exhibitions

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

REYMOND, Eve A. E. 1972. Two Versions of the Book of the Dead in the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh, ZAS 98, 125–132.

REYMOND, Eve A. E. 1972. The sꜤḥ “Eternal Image”, ZAS 98, 132–140.

BIRCH, Samuel. 1884–1885. Four Fragments of Papyrus Belonging to the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, PSBA 7, 79–89.