Egyptian Book of the Dead of Ramose

An image of Written document. Cursive hieroglyphs and vignettes. Substantial parts of the Book of the Dead of Ramose, supervisor of the royal archives, with highly detailed vignettes. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Sedment, Egypt. Papyrus, length, 20 m, minimum, height, 41 cm, average. New Kingdom, Nineteenth Dynasty. Reign of Seti I. Related Objects: E.43.1921, E.42.1921.

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Written document. Cursive hieroglyphs and vignettes. Substantial parts of the Book of the Dead of Ramose, supervisor of the royal archives, with highly detailed vignettes. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Sedment, Egypt. Papyrus, length, 20 m, minimum, height, 41 cm, average. New Kingdom, Nineteenth Dynasty. Reign of Seti I. Related Objects: E.43.1921, E.42.1921.

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Accession Number: E.22.1922
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afterlife Ancient Egypt antiquity BC belief book of the dead clothes clothing costume dress Egyptian fashion female figures Fitz_ANT fragment funerary hair hairstyle headdress hieroglyphics language New Kingdom papyrus profile Ramose religion religious ritual royal texts vignette woman women writing written

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