The Spell 135 tradition at Theban Book of the Dead during the Third intermediate period Case study: Hieratic Papyrus of Ixyw ( J.E95663)

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faculty of Archaeology, Egyptology department, fayoum unversity

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Most of the Book of the Dead papyri of the Third Intermediate Period were written in hieratic. This paper will present the spell 135 in the hieratic manuscripts from the Third intermediate period belong to the lady Ixyw, the papers are divided into many points which contained over view of the spell 135 , Facsimile of the Hieratic text of the spell 135, the transcription, transliteration, translation, paleographical remarks , comments and Paleographical Study.The spell 135 is included the column V, L., 6-13 in the papyrus of Ixyw ( J.E95663). The papyrus of Ixyw is a complete copy of the BD from Thebes. It is inscribed in hieratic on the two sides(recto and Verso) with a series of BD spells with black and red ink. The papyrus consists of 14 columns, seven of them in recto and seven columns in verso, each of them grouping from 14 to 15 lines, 140,5cm long and 23,5cm high and includes the chapters of the Book of the Dead (Tb190-148-135-1B\172-15BIII-Title 180) .

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