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Linen fragment inscribed with the Book of the Dead

Third Intermediate Period
ca. 1070–712 B.C.
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Linen fragment inscribed with the Book of the Dead
  • Period: Third Intermediate Period
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 21–24
  • Date: ca. 1070–712 B.C.
  • 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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