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Papyrus with Hieratic Inscription about Neskhonsu, the Singer of the Great God Amun

Papyrus with Hieratic Inscription about Neskhonsu, the Singer of the Great God Amun

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Papyrus with Hieratic Inscription about Neskhonsu, the Singer of the Great God Amun
CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Papyrus with Hieratic Inscription about Neskhonsu, the Singer of the Great God Amun
Date1069–945 BC
MediumInk on papyrus
Dimensionsmounted between glass: 9 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (24.4 × 34.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.72
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Provenance[Mohared Todraus, Luxor, Egypt]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.
Published References Robert K. Ritner, "Two Third Intermediate Period Books of the Dead: P. Houston 31.72 and P. Brooklyn 37.1801E," in Millions of Jubilees: Studies in Honor of David P. Silverman, eds. Zahi Hawass and Jennifer Wagner (Cairo: Conseil Suprême des Antiquités de l'Egypte, 2010), 167–183. Robert G. Morkot, "Eaten by maggots: the sorry tale of Mr. Fuller's coffin," in Mummies, Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary Essays for Rosalie David, eds. Campbell Price, et al., 355–368 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016), 364. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Hieratic inscription about Neskhonsu, singer of the great god Amun

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