<em>Sheet from an Amduat: What is in the Netherworld</em>, ca. 1070-945 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 3/8 in. (22.6 x 34 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1826Ea (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1826Eb_overall_PS1.jpg)

Sheet from an Amduat: What is in the Netherworld

Medium: Papyrus, ink

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:ca. 1070-945 B.C.E.

Dimensions: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 3/8 in. (22.6 x 34 cm) As mounted: 14 3/8 x 19 1/8 in. (36.5 x 48.5 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 37.1826Ea

Image: 37.1826Eb_overall_PS1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Papyrus inscribed for a hem-neter of Amun-Re, king of the Gods, Ankhefenmut, son of a man named Wenenefer. To the right is a vignette, rendered as a line drawing, showing the deceased making an offering of incense to a seated Re-Horakhty. To the left, and covering over one half of the papyrus, is an eight-line inscription in Hieratic. Condition: The various strips of the sheet have separated in many places. The lower right hand corner of the vignette, including the figure of Ankhefenmut from the waist down, is missing.

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