Recovered from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Book of the Dead of the Priest of Horus, Imhotep (Imuthes)

An open-access work filed through African & Global Heritage and Ink, Paper & Impressions.

Date: ca. 332–200 BCE
Culture: African
Medium: Papyrus, ink
Object type: Papyrus, funerary, Book of the Dead, Imouthes, Imhotep, Imuthes
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object no.: 551786
Credit line: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1935
Dimensions: 4000 × 970 px · landscape
Rooms: African & Global Heritage Ink, Paper & Impressions

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Suggested credit: Book of the Dead of the Priest of Horus, Imhotep (Imuthes) (ca. 332–200 BCE). Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1935 Rights: CC0. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/551786

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