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Papyrus of Ani
Anubis weighing the heart of Ani
Material
Papyrus
Size
Length: 78 ft (24 m) Height: 13 in (33 cm)
Writing
Hieroglyphic
Created
1250 BCE (circa)
Period/culture
19th Dynasty
Place
Tomb of Ani
Present location
British Museum, London
Identification
10470,3
Registration
1888,0515.1.3
The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript in the form of a scroll with cursive hieroglyphs and colour illustrations that was created c. 1250 BCE, during the Nineteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Egyptians compiled an individualized book for certain people upon their death, called the Book of Going Forth by Day, more commonly known as the Book of the Dead, typically containing declarations and spells to help the deceased in their afterlife. The Papyrus of Ani is the manuscript compiled for the Theban scribe Ani; it is now in the British Museum.
The scroll was discovered in Luxor in 1888 by Egyptians trading in illegal antiquities. It was acquired by E. A. Wallis Budge, as described in his autobiography By Nile and Tigris. Shortly after Budge first saw the papyrus, Egyptian police arrested several antiquities dealers and sealed up their houses, one of which contained the objects Budge had purchased from the dealers. Budge distracted the guards by offering them a meal while locals tunnelled under the house's walls to retrieve the objects, including the Papyrus of Ani. Stored in several custom tin boxes, the papyrus and other objects Budge had acquired were then smuggled to the principal librarian at the British Museum.[1]
Budge was afterward paid a 150GBP "gratuity" from the British Treasury on behalf of the British Museum for acquiring the papyrus.[2]
It is considered to be the finest extant example of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
The entire Papyrus of Ani. (Scroll left or right.)
^By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934, pp. 136–137, 143–149
^By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934, p.335
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