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View full screenPapyrus of Montsuef, funerary roll of papyrus, written in demotic and hieratic scripts and illustrated with coloured vignettes: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, excavated by A.H. Rhind in the tomb of Montsuef, Roman Period, 9 BC
A.1956.313
Egypt, Northern Africa
c. 9 BC
Roman Period, Ancient Egyptian
Papyrus; glazed frame
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Excavator: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863
Menthu-Sebau
Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
National Museum of Scotland
The Tomb
Heaven and Hell and other worlds of the dead (01 Jul 2000 - 01 Feb 2001)
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