Book of Breathing

Description

Abbreviated Book of Breathing, amuletic papyrus inscribed with eleven lines of hieratic script, discovered with the body of mummified male child Penhōrpabik (A.1956.357 B) : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Roman Period, c. 175 - 200 AD

Museum reference

A.1956.357 E

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Papyrus

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

c. 175 - 200

Style / Culture

Roman Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Papyrus

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Previous owner: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863
Previous owner: Hor
Pedamun

Exhibitions

• Heaven and Hell and other worlds of the dead (01 Jul 2000 - 01 Feb 2001)
  Royal Museum of Scotland

References

Rhind. A. H. 1862. Thebes: Its Tombs and Their Occupants..., p. 108‒9

DAWSON, W R 1927. “On Two Egyptian Mummies Preserved in the Museums of Edinburgh”, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 1926-1927: pp. 290-96

Coenen, M. 2004. 'The "Documents of Breathing" in the Royal Museum of Edinburgh', Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 32, p. 115‒8; pl. 9

On display

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