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Papyrus of protection and destruction, from the Temple of Osiris at Abydos, Egypt, Ptolemaic period, 4th-3rd BCE. It contains a ritual text called 'The End of the Works'. This seems to have been a ritual performed during certain festivals which included the mummification of Osiris. The text was to be recited by a 'scribe of the House of Life'. H. 18.3 cm. Inv. EA 10051.
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British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART307613
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Image
Purpose
Public
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4233px × 2739px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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3rd century BCE
4th century BCE
Abydos, Egypt
Minor Arts
Osiris, God
Papyrus
Ptolemaic period (332 BCE-30 CE)
Ritual