Catalogue of Egyptian Funerary Papyri in Danish Collections

Download or read book Catalogue of Egyptian Funerary Papyri in Danish Collections written by Thomas Christiansen and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Carlsberg Papyri, vol. 13, presents an exhaustive catalogue of Egyptian funerary manuscripts in Danish collections. The volume includes sixteen papyrus manuscripts, two of which are preserved intact, and smaller pieces of inscribed linen from six mummies. The material spans a period of more than a millennium, ranging from c. 1200 BC to AD 100. Most of the manuscripts are guides to the afterlife; eighteen of them contain texts and vignettes from the Book of the Dead, while a minor fragment preserves an illustration from the Book of Amduat. The three remaining manuscripts has previously been published.