Imhotep papyrus – New York

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Ranke I, pg. 9, 2
Also known as Immutef, Imhetep, Ii-em-Hotep or Imuthes
Provenance gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1935
Ptolemaic Period, ca. ca. 332–200 B.C

This papyrus is inscribed for a priest of the god Horus named Imhotep. His coffin was found in 1913 at the cemetery of Meir, and this papyrus, along with a second (35.9.21a–o), most likely comes from his burial. See here for more info

Look here for Imhotep’s Osiris Liturgies

MET, New York, Gallery 134
Photo VB 2023

Book of the Dead papyrus for Imhotep

Length estimated 21.9 meters (framed), height 35 cm
Ref. No. 35.9.20a–w, Metropolitan Museum NY
The photos are taken from the Metropolitan’s website. The quality of the scans is extremely good and, apart from two small sections, complete. I pasted in the missing piece (between Sections 12 and 13) with part of one of my own photos. I have not corrected the centre of Section 13, a vertical narrow strip to the left of the monkey with the two knives. Here is a comparison
Panorama view VB 2024 (12 Mb)

Fragment: Click on image for a full view of the whole papyrus