• Saite recension of the Book of the Dead. Chapters 67-165.

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  • Robert Garrett
  • Digitized Manuscripts
  • Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
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Extent:
  • 2 rolls : linen, illustrations ; 28.5 x 1160 cm
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/k643b257s
Language:
  • Egyptian (Ancient)
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
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Call number:
  • North 10 Pharaonic Rolls, no. 8
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Description:
  • Ms. rolls.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Decoration: Contains vignettes in ink, including the Weighing of the Heart and Elysian Fields.
  • Princeton University Library, Manuscripts Division, Robert Garrett Collection (C0744), housed with Princeton Papyri Collections, as Pharaonic Rolls, no. 8. Accession number: AM 22087.
Subject:
  • Book of the dead
  • Manuscripts (Papyri)
  • Egyptian language—Papyri, Hieratic
  • Papyri—Egyptian
Text language:
  • Egyptian;
Source acquisition:
  • Gift; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897, 1942.
Contributor:
  • Princeton University. Manuscript. Pharaonic Rolls AM 22087
Abstract:
  • Two Complete linen rolls of the Saite recension of the Book of the Dead (chapters 67-165) containing hymns, prayers, spells, magical formulae, and images for the deceased. The text is written in Hieratic script on linen, with illustrations in ink. This Book of the Dead includes the name of the owner, Hekaemsaf (or Heka-m-saf), whose mother was named Tinetmehenet; and of its scribe Ankh-hetep, son of Nefer-en-Shepet. Hekaemsaf was an Egyptian naval officer who served as Chief of the Royal Ships under Pharaoh Amasis II [or Ahmose II] (570-526 BCE), 26th Dynasty.
Location:
  • Special Collections North 10 Pharaonic Rolls, no. 8
Provenance:
  • In 1904, the intact Persion Period tomb of Hekaesaf was discovered at Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient capital of Memphis. In the 1928, Robert Garrett (1875-1961), Princeton Class of 1897, purchased the manuscript from the British antiquarian bookseller Baggs Bros (London), which had mounted it on ten long boards. Garrett's gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.
Former owner:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Uniform title:
  • Book of the dead
Alternative:
  • Pharaonic Rolls, no. 8
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