Amduat Papyrus Inscribed for Nesitaset

Third Intermediate Period

ca. 1080–945 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

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Title: Amduat Papyrus Inscribed for Nesitaset
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1080–945 BCE
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Chamber, Burial of Nesitaset (Ch1), MMA excavations, 1923–24
Medium: Papyrus, ink
Dimensions: Papyrus: L.184.6 × H. 23.5 cm (72 11/16 × 9 1/4 in.); Rolled: H. 23.5 × Dia. 4.5 cm (9 1/4 × 1 3/4 in.); Framed: L.189.4 × H. 28.1 × D. 2 cm (74 9/16 × 11 1/16 × 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.3.30
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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