Fgts. Of Book Of The Dead
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Apr 1888
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. James A. Grant Bey
notes: label: Notes
content: Considered for NMNH exhibit Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt but eliminated. 2011 preliminary list for exhibit identifies as: From about 400 to 200 AD, these wrappings could be inscribed With the Book of the Dead, containing spells to help the dead become a living being again. The text here begins ' Praising Osiris…' reading right to left. These are hieroglyphs in cursive form, written with a brush on linen.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 020440
label: USNM Number
content: A129802-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Papyrus