Detail View: Papyri Collection: Book of Breathing
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Reference number:
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Hieratic P 6
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL0810100dc
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Image Title:
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Book of Breathing
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Subject:
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Death
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Subject:
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Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Subject:
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Religion
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Subject:
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Egypt--Antiquities
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Section:
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Columns 8 & 9
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Description:
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Book of Breathing written for a woman named Heryet, whose mother was named Tapelyet. The eighth and ninth columns of text: damage to the upper section of the papyrus has destroyed the painted vignettes which would have appeared above the text. The Book of Breathing is an Ancient Egyptian funerary text.
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Date created:
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2nd century CE
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Time period covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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Place covered:
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Egypt
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Language:
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Egyptian
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Language code:
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egy-EG
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Scrolls
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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hrt006r-008
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date image captured:
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2008-06-24
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Date: issued:
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2008-11
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Papyri
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