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Book of the Dead of Patjauderetmut

Title	Book of the Dead of Patjauderetmut
Publication Date:	10th or 9th century BC
Type	Document
Language	Egyptian (Ancient)
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	255 mm x 563 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Pap XX
Library Location	Egyptian Papyrus collection
Date	10th or 9th century BC
Notes	Fragments of a papyrus roll containing the Book of the Dead of Patjauderetmut, dated to the 10th or 9th century BC and made in Egypt. The vignette of the deceased before Osiris or Ra has not been preserved (if indeed it ever had one). The deceased is given the title, 'god's father of Amun-Ra king of the gods, acolyte of the Amun dominan' and named Patjauderetmut, meaning 'the breath (from) the hand of Mut'. A man with the same name was the husband of Djedasetiusankh and father of Padimut, owner of a statue from Karnak in the Cairo Museum (no. 469). The text preserved includes in column 1, 'safeguarding the heart'; in column 2, 'avoiding hard labour' and 'contentment of the soul'; in column 3, 'entering and leaving the grave' and 'warding off the crocodile', and in column 4, 'descending to the boat of Ra', 'seizing a dead spirit', and a fragment of 'living (with) fresh air'.
Materyal	Papyrus (material), Ink (material)
Yazı Tipi	Hieratic script

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Book of the Dead of Patjauderetmut

Publication Date 10th or 9th century BC

Type Document

Language Egyptian (Ancient)

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 255 mm x 563 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Pap XX

Library Location Egyptian Papyrus collection

Date 10th or 9th century BC

Notes Fragments of a papyrus roll containing the Book of the Dead of Patjauderetmut, dated to the 10th or 9th century BC and made in Egypt. The vignette of the deceased before Osiris or Ra has not been preserved (if indeed it ever had one). The deceased is given the title, 'god's father of Amun-Ra king of the gods, acolyte of the Amun dominan' and named Patjauderetmut, meaning 'the breath (from) the hand of Mut'. A man with the same name was the husband of Djedasetiusankh and father of Padimut, owner of a statue from Karnak in the Cairo Museum (no. 469). The text preserved includes in column 1, 'safeguarding the heart'; in column 2, 'avoiding hard labour' and 'contentment of the soul'; in column 3, 'entering and leaving the grave' and 'warding off the crocodile', and in column 4, 'descending to the boat of Ra', 'seizing a dead spirit', and a fragment of 'living (with) fresh air'.

Materyal Papyrus (material), Ink (material)

Yazı Tipi Hieratic script