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THBEgyptian Mummy Linen w/ Hieratic Book of the Dead Text
Lot 8a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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What to give this holiday season? You'll find plenty of options in our Dec. 12 auction that will cater to all tastes and budgets. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
What to give this holiday season? You'll find plenty of options in our Dec. 12 auction that will cater to all tastes and budgets. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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USA Domestic: 12/14 for Standard; 12/23 for Express; International: 12/7 for Standard; 12/19 for Express
Egypt, late Ptolemaic to Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE. A rare strip of mummy linen of a lengthy rectangular form with finely aged light-brown coloration throughout. Atop the linen strip are two lines of handwritten hieratic script in jet-black ink that provides a section of text from the Egyptian Book of the Dead (or the Book of Going Forth by Day). In later dynastic and post-dynastic periods, lines from the Book of the Dead were written on the linens used for wrapping mummies. Rather than adorn a sarcophagus or cartonnage elements with this script, priests believed that laying the text directly on the mummy wrappings would create a more robust layer of protective incantation over the deceased and their journey to the afterlife. Custom display frame included. Size (linen): 28" L x 1.25" W (71.1 cm x 3.2 cm); size (display frame): 37" L x 12.75" W (94 cm x 32.4 cm).
Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA; ex-private Montrose, California, USA collection; ex-Charles Ryan collection, formed in the 1930s to 1950s
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#149689Expected desiccation and fraying to peripheral threads commensurate with age. Light fading to original black script, and light staining, otherwise intact and excellent. Hieratic text is still visible.Condition
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