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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.30604#0150
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THE PAPYRUS OF ANI.
The papyrus of Ani, | | | ’ was ^oun<^ at Thebes, and was purchased
by the Trustees of the British Museum in 1888. It measures 78 feet by 1 foot
3 inches, and is the longest known papyrus of the Theban period.1 2 It is made up
of six distinct lengths of papyrus, which vary in length from 26 feet 9 inches to
5 feet 7 inches. The material is composed of three layers of papyrus supplied by
plants which measured in the stalks about \\ inches in diameter. dhe several
lengths have been joined together with great neatness, and the repairs and insertion
of new pieces (see plates 25, 26) have been dexterously made. When first found,
the papyrus was of a light colour, similar to that of the papyrus of Hunefer (B.M.,
No. 9901), but it became darker after it had been unrolled, and certain sections
of it have shrunk somewhat.
It contains a number of chapters of the Book of the Dead, nearly all of
which are accompanied by vignettes ; and at top and bottom is a border of two
colours—red and yellow.3 At the beginning ancl end of the papyrus spaces of six
and eleven inches respectively have been left blank. The inscribed portion is
complete, and the loss of the few characters which were damaged in unrolling 3
does not interrupt the text. It was written by three or niore scribes ; but the
uniformity of the execution of the vignettes suggests that fewer artists were em-
ployed on the illustrations. The titles of the chapters, rubrics, catchwords, etc.,
are in red. In some instances the artist has occupied so much space that the
1 The papyrus of Nebseni, of the XVIIIth dynasty (B.M., No. 9900), measures 76 feet 8f inches
by 13 inches; and the papyrus of Hunefer, of theXIXth dynasty (B.M., No. 9601), 18 feet 10 inches
by 1 foot 3^ inches; the Leyden papyrus of Qenna, of the XVIIIth dynasty, measures about 50 feet;
and the Dublin papyrus (Da of M. Naville’s edition), XVIIIth dynasty, 24 feet 9 inches.
2 In some sections the border is painted yellow and orange.
8 See plates 1, 15, 24.
THE PAPYRUS OF ANI.
The papyrus of Ani, | | | ’ was ^oun<^ at Thebes, and was purchased
by the Trustees of the British Museum in 1888. It measures 78 feet by 1 foot
3 inches, and is the longest known papyrus of the Theban period.1 2 It is made up
of six distinct lengths of papyrus, which vary in length from 26 feet 9 inches to
5 feet 7 inches. The material is composed of three layers of papyrus supplied by
plants which measured in the stalks about \\ inches in diameter. dhe several
lengths have been joined together with great neatness, and the repairs and insertion
of new pieces (see plates 25, 26) have been dexterously made. When first found,
the papyrus was of a light colour, similar to that of the papyrus of Hunefer (B.M.,
No. 9901), but it became darker after it had been unrolled, and certain sections
of it have shrunk somewhat.
It contains a number of chapters of the Book of the Dead, nearly all of
which are accompanied by vignettes ; and at top and bottom is a border of two
colours—red and yellow.3 At the beginning ancl end of the papyrus spaces of six
and eleven inches respectively have been left blank. The inscribed portion is
complete, and the loss of the few characters which were damaged in unrolling 3
does not interrupt the text. It was written by three or niore scribes ; but the
uniformity of the execution of the vignettes suggests that fewer artists were em-
ployed on the illustrations. The titles of the chapters, rubrics, catchwords, etc.,
are in red. In some instances the artist has occupied so much space that the
1 The papyrus of Nebseni, of the XVIIIth dynasty (B.M., No. 9900), measures 76 feet 8f inches
by 13 inches; and the papyrus of Hunefer, of theXIXth dynasty (B.M., No. 9601), 18 feet 10 inches
by 1 foot 3^ inches; the Leyden papyrus of Qenna, of the XVIIIth dynasty, measures about 50 feet;
and the Dublin papyrus (Da of M. Naville’s edition), XVIIIth dynasty, 24 feet 9 inches.
2 In some sections the border is painted yellow and orange.
8 See plates 1, 15, 24.