Book of the Dead of the Priest of Horus, Imhotep (Imuthes)

Medium

Papyrus, ink

Dimensions

Approximate measurements (framed): L. 21.9 m (71 ft. 10 3/16 in); H. 35 cm (1 ft. 1 3/4 in.). Length previously estimated at 63 ft. (19.2 m).

Classification

Papyrus, funerary, Book of the Dead, Imouthes, Imhotep, Imuthes

Period

Early Ptolemaic Period

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1935

Accession Number

35.9.20a–w

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