[Papyrus fragments from The book of the dead]

Contributor:

Bement, Clarence S. 1843-1923 (former owner); Martin, Robert Walsingham, 1871-1961 (former owner); Schoenberg, Lawrence J. (former owner)

Description:

Nine illustrated fragments from a manuscript on papyrus of The book of the dead, a collection of spells and incantations buried with the dead to protect them in the afterlife. The fragments include text in hieratic script in black and red ink. All are worn, some almost completely worn away (f. 4r, 6r, 7r). The fragments are mounted in card (the embossed stamp in the corner of several mounts, with E.B. and a caduceus on a crowned shield surrounded by a scroll with the phrase Carton Bristol Francais seems to refer to the material of the mounts rather than a former owner).; 1. f.1r: [Man standing by an altar, apparently throwing a snake at a man with a lance; man on throne receiving gift from standing figure]; 2. f.2r: [Man with spear standing before children or other diminutive figures with woman behind him holding up a ritual object]; 3. f.3r: [Woman pouring water from a vase onto the upraised hands of a standing man]; 4. f.4r: [Bird]; 5. f.5r: [Standing figures with animal heads]; 6. f.6r: [Two figures, barely discernible]; 7. f.7r: [Indiscernible]; 8. f.8r: [Figure and vertical object]; 9. f.9r: [Isis and other standing figures]

Language:

Egyptian (Ancient)

Provenance:

Sold by Maggs Bros. to Clarence S. Bement (Philadelphia), 1907 (bookplate inside upper cover); sold at auction at Anderson Auction Company, New York, as part of Bement's collection, 28 Feb. 1923.; Formerly owned by Robert Walsingham Martin (bookplate inside upper cover).; Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 18 June 1996, lot 60, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1502724; The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs45.html

Subject:

Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Egypt; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Incantations, Egyptian; Religion

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Fragments (object portions); Papyri (manuscripts); Egyptian language; Manuscripts, Digital

Physical Description:

9 leaves : papyrus; 59-81 x 59-143 mm mounted and bound to 293 x 225 mm

Geographic Subject:

Egypt; Egypt -- Religion

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Script: Written in a hieratic script.; Decoration: Illustrations on each fragment.; Binding: Late 19th-century morocco , blind and gilt tooled.; Origin: Written in Egypt between approximately 300 and 150 B.C.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Egyptian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 45

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)