Lot 387
Egyptian Papyrus.- Book of the Dead.- Fragment from the Book of the Dead, New Kingdom,...
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Egyptian Papyrus.- Book of the Dead.- Fragment from the Book of the Dead, New Kingdom, c.1550-1327 B.C.. 470 x 375mm.), composed of thirty-three extant lines of linear hieroglyphs in black ink, for 'Sena', the left section with part of Chapter 18, an untitled spell asking the god Thoth to vindicate the deceased, the right section with the address to Chapter 125, a complete vignette in the top left corner of a seated deity in a double crown with a red painted outline, named as Atum, framed and glazed.
*** Provenance: English deceased estate, Bournemouth, formed before 1982; Bonhams, 24th October, 2012, lot 300.
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