(A) Document|(B) Literary work|(C) Literary work (?)

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33296750

Description

Title
(A) Document|(B) Literary work|(C) Literary work (?)
Published / Created
Circa 1570 BCE to 1983
Abstract

(B) The (Egyptian) Book of the Dead, disarranged fragments, including polychrome vignette fragments (from several different manuscripts?)

Description
(A) Greek, (B) Egyptian\Hieroglyphic, (C) Egyptian\Hieratic
Provenance
The Yale Papyrus Collection was held by the Yale University Library from 1899 to 1930, when it was moved to the Department of Classics. The collection was transferred from the Department of Classics to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library gradually between 1964 and 1967. A group of items including wax tablets and mummy tags (P.CtYBR inv.4971-4985) was transferred from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History to the Beinecke Library in 1996., Acquired by gift and purchase, 1889-2005. Acquisition information is recorded in each individual description and on the Library’s Web site, here: https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/research-teaching/doing-research-beinecke/introduction-yale-papyrus-collection/guide-yale-papyrus#Acquisition, 1950
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Egyptian

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
YPC
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Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public

Identifiers

Object ID (OID)
33296750

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