Box 1
Container
Contains 2 Results:
Folder 3
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Egyptian Papyrus, approx. 1500-1100 BCE or the Eighteenth to Twentieth Dynasty. A piece from the "Book of the Dead," this would have been buried with the person they honored. There is a small illustration in it accompanied by hieroglyphics written with lamp-black or charcoal mixed with water and an adhesive.
Dates:
2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE
Book of the Dead, Egyptian papyrus leaf
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
A leaf from "The Book of the Dead" written on Egyptian papyrus. Eighteenth to Twentieth Dynasty. This fragment was burned sometime in its recent history, and therefore was mounted on paper in order to preserve it. The ink was made of plain lamp-black or charcoal mixed with water and an adhesive added.
Dates:
2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE