FMNH 31759.nosub[1]

  • 31759 papyrus book
    Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Book of the Dead, weighing heart scene. papyrus Amon priest Khonsu-renpe book
  • 31759 Book of the Dead
    Photographer: Mr. John M. Kelly : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: exhibit reference photo 1 of 9 (from viewer's left to right)
  • 31759 Book of the Dead
    Photographer: Mr. John M. Kelly : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: exhibit reference photo 2 of 9 (from viewer's left to right)
  • 31759 Book of the Dead
    Photographer: Mr. John M. Kelly : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: exhibit reference photo 3 of 9 (from viewer's left to right)
  • 31759 Book of the Dead
    Photographer: Mr. John M. Kelly : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: exhibit reference photo 4 of 9 (from viewer's left to right)
  • 31759 Book of the Dead
    Photographer: Mr. John M. Kelly : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: exhibit reference photo 5 of 9 (from viewer's left to right)
  • 31759 Book of the Dead
    Photographer: Mr. John M. Kelly : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: exhibit reference photo 6 of 9 (from viewer's left to right)
  • 31759 Book of the Dead
    Photographer: Mr. John M. Kelly : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: exhibit reference photo 7 of 9 (from viewer's left to right)
  • 31759 Book of the Dead
    Photographer: Mr. John M. Kelly : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: exhibit reference photo 8 of 9 (from viewer's left to right)
  • 31759 Book of the Dead
    Photographer: Mr. John M. Kelly : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: exhibit reference photo 9 of 9 (from viewer's left to right)
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    Scanner: Mr. John M. Kelly : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: scan of catalog card
Catalog Number: 31759.nosub[1]
Description: Book of the Dead
Materials: papyrus
Cultural Attribution: Egyptian
Time Period: 21st Dynasty (Third Intermediate Period), 18th - 19th Dynasty
Accession Number: [858] E. E. Ayer (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1904
City/Town: Thebes
Collector/Source: Edward E. Ayer : Field Columbian Museum [FCM]
EMu IRN: 1230675
GUID: c4eba2cd-dbfa-42c1-8386-381e23a754f8

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