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View full screenFour framed fragments of the Book of the Dead of the Vizier Useramun containing spells 119, 7 and 99, originally written in semi-cursive hieroglyphs on a roll of papyrus, of which only 11 fragments survive: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, mid 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose IV, c.1479-1457 BC
A.1956.315.1
Egypt, Northern Africa
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian
Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863
Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
National Museum of Scotland
The Tomb
Munro, Irmtraut 1990. Der Totenbuch-Papyrus des Veziers Wsr-Jmn. Göttinger Miszellen 116, 73-95.
Possible reference? Newberry, 1913, 'Egyptian Historical Notes', Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, p. 156
Aldred, Cyril, 'The Funerary Papyrus of Woseramūn', The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 36 (Dec., 1950), p. 112