Bakenmut papyrus – Cleveland A

bAk-n-mw.t
Ranke I, pg. 91, 9
Also known as Bakenmout, Baakenmut
Provenance Thebes.
Purchased from Joseph Hassan Ahmed, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Late 21st or early 22nd Dynasty

God’s father of Amun

Niwinski has designated this papyrus as anonymous.

The museum holds several items belonging to a Bakenmut, such as an inner coffin, a shabti box, and also part of a vignet.

According to the information in the museum’s catalogue, the dealer who sold the items reported that the vignet (also same height) belongs to the Book of the Dead of Bakenmut

See the Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art 1999, pg. 373-374

Totenbuchprojekt Bonn, TM 133569

Most likely the vignet
Ref. No. CMA 1914.724, Cleveland
See Catalogue, pg. 372-373

Book of the Dead for Bakenmut

Length 72 cm, height 20.5 cm
Ref. No. CMA 1914.882, Cleveland A, Type BD.I.2 Niwinski
Photo courtesy The Cleveland Museum of Art
Panorama view VB 2025