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2023
Abstract This chapter provides an overview of the sources and composition of the Book of the Dead papyri of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty based on selected examples. The analysis focuses on the formal design of the manuscripts, which is mainly determined by format and layout.
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Another Pithemorphic Vessel of the Sixth Dynasty

Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 1993
The earliest and most conspicuous evidence for the ancient Egyptians' sense of humor is surely to be found in the antics of apes, a favorite motif of the scenes of daily life in tomb chapels of the Old Kingdom, dating from the Fourth Dynasty onward. Considering how very few three-dimensional representations of animals are known from that period, apart ...
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The Sixth Dynasty False Door of the Priestess of Hathor Irti

Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 1994
The false door shown on figs. 1 and 2 was purchased from Sotheby's, London, by Mr. Robert McCorkell, a private collector from Ottawa, Ontario.2 The surface is in fair condition, although it is heavily pitted in some areas. The piece measures 48.2 cm by 62.8 cm. The false door is framed by two protruding torus mouldings on either side, with the expected
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An Altered Royal Head of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty

Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1988
Publication of a late Saite head that clearly shows alteration from a royal to a private representation. It appears to be one of a group that can be attributed to Amasis, the fifth king of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. Of particular interest is Walters Art Gallery no. 22.415, which had previously been considered Ptolemaic, and is of this group.
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