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Title: By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934
Subjects: Egypt -- Antiquities Egypt -- Description and travel Iraq -- Description and travel Iraq -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : Murray
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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\ii;uettc and text ul the Chapter ul inakiuy the tr.iiisli.iiuj.tion inlu ahawk ot gold, from the Papyrus of Nu. Early XVIIIth dynasty. Brit. Mus., No. 10477. The Papyrus of Ani, the Scribe. 137 was very brittle, and I was amazed at the beauty andfreshness of the colours of the human figures and animals,which, in the dim light of the candles and the heated airof the tomb, seemed to be alive. A glunpse of theJudgment Scene showed that the roll was a large andcomplete Codex of the Per-em-hru, or Book of theDead, and scores of lines repeated the name of the manfor whom this magnificent roll had been written andpainted, viz., Ani, the real^ royal scribe, the registraryof the offerings of all the Gods, overseer of the granariesof the Lords of Abydos, and scribe of the offerings of theLords of Thebes. When the papyrus was unrolled inLondon the inscribed portion of it was found to be78 feet long, and at each end was a section of blankpapyrus about 2 feet long. In another place, alsolying in

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