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| Object Number: | 83-1-1K |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Fragment of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes. This piece contains 9 lines written in black ink. No vignette.
| Object Number: | 83-1-1G |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Fragment of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes. This fragment consists of a text divided into 9 different sections. The top three sections contain parts of vignettes. The central three sections contain at least 9 lines of text per section and the remains of vignettes at the bottom. The central vignette shows Horus, Hathor, Isis and Osiris in a boat. The bottom 3 sections preserve a maximum of 8 lines.
| Object Number: | 83-1-1F |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Fragment of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes. This fragment consists of 5 lines of text in 2 columns written in black ink. There is no accompanying vignette.
| Object Number: | 83-1-1M |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Fragmentary scraps of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes. These fragemtns are not in mylar encapulation and contain text and vignette pieces.
| Object Number: | 83-1-1N |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Fragmentary scraps of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes. These fragements are not in mylar encapulation and contain text and vignette pieces.
| Object Number: | 83-1-1H |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Fragment of the Book of the Djed of Herew, son of Takhabes. This section contains 18 lines of text written in red and black ink. The text is accompanied by a vignette of Khepri in a boat followed by two baboons with upraised hands, Thoth and Isis.
| Object Number: | 83-1-1D |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Fragment of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes. The fragment contians a maximum of ten lines in two columns. There is a vignette of a goose and the text is written in red and black ink.
| Object Number: | 83-1-1E |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Fragment of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes. This fragment consists of 4 lines of text written in black ink. There is not vignette.
| Object Number: | 83-1-1B |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Part of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes. This fragment has parts of 3 columns of text with a maximum of 15 lines per colum. The writing is in both black and red ink. There ae two vignettes accompanying the text: a standing mummiform crocodile and to the right, a deity with a human head and a serpent body.
| Object Number: | 83-1-1J |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Part of the Book of the Dead of Herew , son of Takhabes. This fragment consists of 14 lines of text written in red and black ink. There is also a fragmentary vignette of a boatman (helsman) in a barque facing a standing figure of Osiris.
| Object Number: | E16723 |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase, 1902 |
Description
Late, crude vignette from a Book of the Dead done on papyrus with black ink. The scene shows Osiris seated on a throne. In front of him is a lotus with the four sons of Horus atop it. The devourer, Amet is crouched facing Osiris and is followed by a very damaged figure.
| Object Number: | 83-1-1I |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Part of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of takhabes. This fragment onsists of 15 lines of text written in red and black ink and a vignette of a god in a barque.
| Object Number: | 83-1-1A |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Fragment of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes.
| Object Number: | 83-1-1C |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1983 |
Description
Part of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes. This fragment contains a maximum of 16 lines of text and parts of 2 columns. There is a vignette of a sparrow on a mound. The text is written in red and black ink.
| Object Number: | E2775A.4 |
| Place Name: | Egypt, Thebes (Egypt) |
| Period: | New Kingdom, Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase; Subscription of the American Exploration Society, 1898 |
Description
Fragment of Book of the Dead with a vignette depicting a recumbant lion, above the beginning of 5 1/2 columns of text.
| Object Number: | E17319 |
| Place Name: | Egypt |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Credit Line: | Gift of John Frederick Lewis, Jr., 1938 |
Description
Book of the Dead beloning to a woman named Tasathor (Tasherithor). The text is long and contains several vignettes. The papyrus also has red and green paint.
| Object Number: | E2775C |
| Place Name: | Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes (Egypt) |
| Period: | New Kingdom, Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase; Subscription of the American Exploration Society, 1898 |
Description
Fragment of the Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet. Four and a half vertical columns each showing three pairs of afterlife deities, divided by coulmns of text.
| Object Number: | E2775E |
| Place Name: | Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes (Egypt) |
| Period: | New Kingdom, Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase; Subscription of the American Exploration Society, 1898 |
Description
Portion of the Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet, mounted on rice paper. Joins the left edge of E2775D. Contains chapter 180 of the Book of the Dead on the right, separated by a vertical line from Chapter 181. Vignette shows an individual named Pashed kneeling and worshipping Osiris and two other deities before a gate.
| Object Number: | E2775A.1 |
| Place Name: | Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes (Egypt) |
| Period: | New Kingdom, Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase; Subscription of the American Exploration Society, 1898 |
Description
Upper right portion of scene showing deceased worshipping the solar barque, with two incense burners behind him. 19 Columns of text with BD 17b.