"The gilded Book of the Dead dates to the Ptolemaic period (30530 B.C) and is 21 feet long. It contains almost all of the 162 known spells from the surviving examples of the Book of the Dead. They are written in hieratic (cursive hieroglyphics) and illustrated with ink scenes and figures accented with gold. The script and double borders around the columns and illustrations identify the book as an example of the Memphite style of Lower Egypt."
"One of the only complete and gilded copies of the Egyptian Book of the Dead has gone on public display for the first time at the Brooklyn Museum. There are only ten known gilded papyri of the Book of the Dead, and most of them are fragmentary. This one is by far the best condition gilded version in existence. The new exhibition, Unrolling Eternity: The Brooklyn Books of the Dead, showcases the papyrus in the funerary gallery of the museum's Egyptian wing."
A nearly complete gilded papyrus copy of the Egyptian Book of the Dead from the Ptolemaic period (305–30 B.C.) is on display at the Brooklyn Museum. The papyrus is 21 feet long and contains almost all of the 162 known spells, written in hieratic and illustrated with ink scenes and gold accents. The script and double borders identify the Memphite style of Lower Egypt, and some vignettes show underdrawings and traces of yellow orpiment. The manuscript retains its blank opening and closing pages, indicating completeness. The museum gallery has been refreshed with coffins, mummies, wall reliefs, smaller funerary objects, and the papyrus’s provenance traces to 19th-century collector Henry Abbott.
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