page from Book of the Dead / Paint / Papyrus / Pigment / Ink
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1981.04.0022
- Object Name
- page from Book of the Dead
- Lot
- Goudsmit, Samuel
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Papyri
- Weight
- N/A
- Inscribed
- 161
- Full Artifact Description
- Ma'at in the hall of judgment with Anubis as judge
- Book of the Dead papyrus: Ma'at in the hall of judgment. Ma'at accompanies the person for whom the papyrus was made, identifiable in the fragment by his upraised arm. The upraised arm is a gesture of both prayer and triumph. Papyrus, paint, ink; 28.0 cm h., 9.4 cm w. (Death Dogs, Wilfong).
- Subjects
- Book of the Dead
- Verbatim Date
- 525 - 30 BC
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Countermark
- 161
- Exhibition Title
- A Scientist Views the Past: The Samuel A. Goudsmit Collection of Egyptian Antiquities
- Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt: from Prehistory to Late Antiquity
- Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Root, Margaret Cool
- Wilfong, Terry
- Exhibition Year
- 2015
- Publication Title
- A scientist views the past : the Samuel A. Goudsmit collection of Egyptian antiquities : [exhibition] January 30-May 9, 1982, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
- Women and gender in ancient Egypt : from prehistory to late antiquity : an exhibition at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 14 March-15 June 1997
- Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt
- Passionate Curiosities: Tales of Collectors & Collections from the Kelsey Museum
- Publication Author
- Root, M.C.
- Wilfong, Terry
- Wilfong, T.G.
- Talalay, Lauren E.; Cool, Margaret Root
- Publication Year
- 1982
- 1997
- 2015
- Class Title
- College Writing
- Gender & Society in Ancient Egypt
- Class Instructor
- Gothie, Sarah
- Wilfong, Terry
- Class Department
- English
- Near Eastern Studies
- Class Number
- 125
- 441
- Class Year
- 2012
- 2017
- Class Semester
- 774
- Type Category
- 30
Technical Details
- Record
- 1981.04.0022
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1981.04.0022/dsc_4251.jpg
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"page from Book of the Dead; Paint; Papyrus; Pigment; Ink." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1981.04.0022/dsc_4251.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 19, 2024.
