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Lot 168

An Egyptian hieratic inscribed linen fragment from the Book of the Dead

Antiquities
4 December 2025, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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An Egyptian hieratic inscribed linen fragment from the Book of the Dead

Circa 3rd -2nd Century B.C.
73.6cm long

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Provenance:
Paul Lutz Collection, USA, 1970s.
With Charles Ede Ltd., London, circa 2003.
UK private collection, acquired from the above in 2004.
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2023.

The fragment preserving part of chapter 158 of the Book of the Dead, the large hieratic characters reading: 'spell to be recited over a collar of gold, upon which this spell is written, placed at the throat...'
The Book of the Dead is the modern term for a collection of about two hundred ancient Egyptian mortuary texts made up of spells or magic formulae, which were placed in tombs and believed to protect and aid the deceased in the hereafter.

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