Linen fragment inscribed with the Book of the Dead

Third Intermediate Period

ca. 1080–721 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

Preserved here is the top part of a linen roll inscribed in hieratic with three chapters from the Book of the Dead.

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Title: Linen fragment inscribed with the Book of the Dead
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21–24
Date: ca. 1080–721 BCE
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb 807 (Dagi), MMA excavations, 1927–28
Medium: Linen, ink
Dimensions: L. 96.5 × H. 5 cm (38 × 1 15/16 in.); Framed: H. 8.4 × L. 99.5 cm (3 5/16 × 39 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1928
Object Number: 28.3.295
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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