Ostracon

Ostracon

EA29511


Description

Limestone ostracon: with remains of seven lines of red-painted hieratic text, Chapter 68 of the 'Book of the Dead', on the verso and a further nine lines of text on the recto

XIX dynasty
Height: 14.6 centimetres (max)
Width: 19.1 centimetres (max)

Remains of sixteen lines of red-painted hieratic text - Chapter 68 of the 'Book of the Dead', on both sides (seven lines on one side and a further nine lines on the other).


Inscription from: Book of the Dead (Chapter 68)
Associated Title: Coffin Texts (Spell 225)

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