Fragmentary scroll of Pa-di-Amen-neb-nesut-tawy, with hieroglyphic texts and color vignettes from the Book of the Dead
Fragmentary scroll of Pa-di-Amen-neb-nesut-tawy, with hieroglyphic texts and color vignettes from the Book of the Dead
Fragmentary scroll of Pa-di-Amen-neb-nesut-tawy, with hieroglyphic texts and color vignettes from the Book of the Dead
Fragmentary scroll of Pa-di-Amen-neb-nesut-tawy, with hieroglyphic texts and color vignettes from the Book of the Dead
Fragmentary scroll of Pa-di-Amen-neb-nesut-tawy, with hieroglyphic texts and color vignettes from the Book of the Dead
Fragmentary scroll of Pa-di-Amen-neb-nesut-tawy, with hieroglyphic texts and color vignettes from the Book of the Dead
Fragmentary scroll of Pa-di-Amen-neb-nesut-tawy, with hieroglyphic texts and color vignettes from the Book of the Dead
Fragmentary scroll of Pa-di-Amen-neb-nesut-tawy, with hieroglyphic texts and color vignettes from the Book of the Dead

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Fragmentary scroll of Pa-di-Amen-neb-nesut-tawy, with hieroglyphic texts and color vignettes from the Book of the Dead,

ca. 300–200 BCE

Egyptian
Early Ptolemaic Period, 304–30 BCE
2018-111
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Art Matters by Eve Aschheim, Lecturer in Visual Arts

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Title
Fragmentary scroll of Pa-di-Amen-neb-nesut-tawy, with hieroglyphic texts and color vignettes from the Book of the Dead
Dates

ca. 300–200 BCE

Medium
Papyrus
Dimensions
frame: 50.5 × 403.5 × 5.7 cm (19 7/8 × 158 7/8 × 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Mary Trumbull Adams Art Fund
Object Number
2018-111
Place Made

Africa, Egypt

Culture
Egyptian (ancient)
Period
Ptolemaic
Type
scrolls (information artifacts)
Materials
papyrus
Subject
deaths, religious art, iconography, hieroglyphics

Acquired by either William James (1854-1912) or his brother, Frank James (1851-1890) by 1912; passed through inheritance to Edward James (1907-1984) and moved to his home at Monkton House, Chilgrove, Sussex by 1967; passed to the Edward James Foundation, returned to West Dean Park by 1987; purchased from the foundation by Rupert Wace; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum in 2018.

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