Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus

Abbreviated Book of the Dead Third Intermediate PeriodThebes

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.1826Ea. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 37.1826Ea
Find spot: Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1070–945 B.C.E.
Date range: 1070 BCE – 945 BCE
Materials: ['Papyrus', 'ink']
Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 34.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Abbreviated Book of the Dead (37.1826Ea). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18951

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Object Label: This vignette comes from a papyrus that belonged to an official named Ankhefenmut. He is shown here in a position of adoration before the god Re-Horakhty. Although scenes depicting private individuals in the presence of a god are known from as early as the Middle Kingdom, they did not become popular until the Ramesside Period. Caption: Abbreviated Book of the Dead, ca. 1070–945 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 3/8 in. (22.6 x 34 cm) As mounted: 14 3/8 x 19 1/8 in. (36.5 x 48.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1826Ea. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Thebes

Deities Ra Ra-Horakhty

Materials Ink Papyrus

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BKM-Accession 37.1826Ea tier-2
BKM-Object 4182 tier-2

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