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E6755

From: Egypt | Abydos

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E6755
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Abydos
Locus E256
Period Third Intermediate Period | Twenty-Fifth Dynasty
Date Made 760 - 656 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Stone
Technique Incised
Iconography Book Of The Dead
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Heart-shaped. Slate-like stone with 7 incised lines of hieroglyphic inscription containing Chapter 30 of the Book of the Dead. The top is left free for the insertion of the name.

Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account, 1900
Other Number AES 1584 - Other Number

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