Papyrus of Ani
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The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus from the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. It contains portions of the Book of Going Forth by Day, more commonly known as the Book of the Dead.
The scroll was part of the burial of the scribe Ani of the city of Thebes.
It was purchased in 1888 by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge for the collection of the British Museum where it remains today. Before shipment to England the 78 foot scroll was cut into 37 sheets of nearly equal size.
Contents
| Divisions | Sections | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 16 | Hymns |
| 02 | 36 | Praises of Khert-Neter |
| 03 | 08 | Seven Arits |
| 04 | 10 | Pylons of the House of Osiris |
| 05 | 05 | Speeches |
| 06 | 22 | Hail Thoths |
| 07 | 32 | Chapter Collection 1 |
| 08 | 20 | Homages |
| 09 | 19 | Miscellaneous (Hymns, Hails, Homage, Chapter, Rubric) |
| 10 | 18 | Chapter Collection 2 |
| 11 | 20 | Funeral Chamber Texts |
- note: Divisions vary based on compilations. 'Sections' are groups of related sentences; not a true English grammatical construct. Titles are not original to the text.
References
For more information see:- The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day, The First Authentic Presentation of the Complete "Papyrus of Ani", Introduction and commentary by Dr. Ogden Goelet, Translation by Dr. Raymond Faulkner, Preface by Carol Andrews, Featuring Integrated Text and Full Color Images, (Chronicle Books, San Francisco) c 1994, Rev. ed. c 1998. Contains: Map Key to the Papyrus, Commentary by Dr. Ogden Goelet, Selected Bibliography, and "Glossary of Terms and Concepts".
- Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum, Edna Russmann.
- The Egyptian Book of the Dead: (The Papyrus of Ani), (Dover Ed., New York), c 1895, Dover ed., 1967. Egyptian Text Transliteration and Translation, Introduction, etc. by Sir E.A.Wallis Budge.
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