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Description : Two Egyptian Papyrus Fragments from the Book of the Dead for Ptah-Hotep Early Ptolemaic Period, circa 300 B.C.Comprising two fragments written in hieratic script for Ptah-hotep, the larger sheet with seven columns including chapter 57, 'Spell for breathing air and having water available in the Afterlife', with the deceased walking with a sail, chapter 59, 'Spell for breathing air in the Afterlife', with an image of the tree-goddess dispensing water to Ptah-hotep, chapter 63b, 'Spell for drinking water and not being dehydrated by fire', with Ptah-hotep before a burning brazier protected by a stream of water and pouring water from a ewer, chapter 71, 'Spell for coming forth by day and preventing the dead-eater from taking away the deceased's soul', with the primordial falcon and Mehweret-cow, chapter 72, 'Spell for coming forth by day and opening the cavern in the Underworld', with Ptah-hotep kneeling in adoration in front of Atum, Shu and Tefnut, chapter 77, 'Spell for taking the form of the golden falcon', with divine falcon below,the smaller sheet with three columns including chapter 89, 'Spell for causing the man's ba (soul) to be attached to his body in the Afterlife', with ba-bird hovering over its owner's mummy lying on lion-shaped bier, chapter 100, 'Spell for making a soul worthy and letting him board the barque of Re', Ptah-hotep poles a boat containing falcon-headed Re and a heron towards Osiris who is flanked by the emblem of Abydos and a djed-pillar, chapter 148, 'Spell for transfiguring a spirit in the mind of Re', with Ptah-hotep and his wife, holding a sistrum, in adoration of Sokar-Osiris represented as a mummiform falcon-headed deity upheld by Re, 43.2cm x 30.5cm and 30.5cm x 26.1cm, framed (2)
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About the lot N° 239
Title : Two Egyptian Papyrus Fragments
Provenance : Provenance:Robert Ladd Gifford collection, California, acquired 1920s, and thence by descent. Anonymous sale, Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, lot 85. with Charles Ede Ltd, London, 2011 (Egyptian Antiquities, no. 43).Private collection, UK.
Bonhams 3, auctioneer, London, UK It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 05 Jul 2018 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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