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Book of the Dead, papyrus from the Tomb of Nakhtefmut

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An image of Written document. Book of the Dead extracts with no vignettes, written on both sides of a single sheet, found lying on Nakhtefmut's thighs, within the mummy wrappings. Inscription on both sides. Side one: Chapter 17; Side two: Chapter 29, parts of Chapters 11 and 142. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt. Tomb of Nakhtefmut. Papyrus, length 34.5 cm, width 27 cm, 923 B.C. Twenty-second Dynasty. Third Intermediate period; reign of Osorkon I.

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Written document. Book of the Dead extracts with no vignettes, written on both sides of a single sheet, found lying on Nakhtefmut's thighs, within the mummy wrappings. Inscription on both sides. Side one: Chapter 17; Side two: Chapter 29, parts of Chapters 11 and 142. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt. Tomb of Nakhtefmut. Papyrus, length 34.5 cm, width 27 cm, 923 B.C. Twenty-second Dynasty. Third Intermediate period; reign of Osorkon I.

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  • Accession Number: E.100.1896
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 839 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 274.52kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2015:02:26 15:57:30

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10th Century Ancient Egypt antiquity BC book of the dead document Egyptian Fitz_ANT inscribed inscriptions language papyrus script texts Third Intermediate Period writing written written document

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