Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
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Two Papyrus Fragments from a Book of the Dead, 18th Dynasty, 1550-1292 B.C.
Auction Closed
December 5, 03:41 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
one painted with the owner standing with both arms raised before a table of offerings, and wearing a double kilt, broad collar, and close-fitting cap, a column of inscription behind him, the other painted in red and black with fifteen columns of inscription.
22.5 by 11.5 and 21.5 by 26.5 cm.
collection of Mr E. F., France
by descent from the above to his son, Mr F., in 1942
by descent from the above to his niece, Mrs H., France, in 2003 (Drouot, Paris, Beaussant-Lefèvre & Associés, Paris, November 23rd, 2016, no. 17, illus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Another fragment from the same Book of the Dead is in the British Museum (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA9914, EA9914, acquired in 1855).
Published
Irmtraut Munro, "Die Zugehörigkeit zweier neuer Totenbuch-Fragmente zu pBM EA 9914", in Esquisses égyptiennes. Recueil de textes offerts à Annie Gasse par ses collègues et amis, F. Albert and F. Servajean, eds., vol. 2 (CENIM 32), Montpelier, 2022, pp. 289-300