Egypt
British Museum (John Taylor)
With photographs.
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Egypt
Translating hieroglyphs on the Norwich Shroud
British Museum (John Taylor)
With photographs.
Shrouds of this type date mainly to the early phase of the Book of the Dead (17th and early 18th Dynasty, about 1570-1450 BC) before the spells began to be written on rolls of papyrus. They are quite rare.
The handwriting appears consistent in style throughout, suggesting that all the texts were written by the same person. The script is semi-cursive: several signs have been drawn very rapidly and simply, and are closer in form to hieratic than hieroglyphic. Again this is exactly what would be expected of an inscribed shroud from the beginning of the New Kingdom.
The first glimpse of such an object brings a lot of questions crowding into the mind at once. Is it complete? Who did it belong to? What do the texts actually say?
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EDP24 The Norwich Shroud, which was the subject of some fascinating posts on the British Museum blog, is to return to Norwich in April: Two of the most significant objects in Norwich Castle’s collection will be on display at a study day...
- Book Of The Dead Of Sobekmose To Go On Display At The Brooklyn
Art Daily Following a three-year-long conservation project, the final section of the rare, thirty-five-centuries-old Egyptian Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose will go on long-term view on September 28. One of the most important funerary...
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Brooklyn Museum Press Release Final Section, Completing Rare Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, To Go on View September 28, 2011 Following a three-year-long conservation project, the final section of the rare, thirty-five-centuries-old Egyptian Book of...
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British Museum (Janet Ambers) The British Museum's fascinating ongoing investigation of the Norwich Shroud, with photos. With the shroud unfolded for the first time (although still in need of much conservation attention) David Saunders, Keeper of...
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Here we have the Book of the dead of Sobekmose an 18th dynasty goldworker of Amun. Sobekmose lived within the reign of Thutmosis III to his son Amenhotep II, between 1479bce - 1400bce, At such a date it makes Sobekmose's one of the earliest Books...