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Papyrus of Ani
Anubis weighing the heart of Ani
Material	Papyrus
Size	Length: 78 ft (24 m) Height: 13 in (33 cm)
Writing	Hieroglyphic
Created	1250 BCE (circa)
Period/culture	19th Dynasty
Place	Tomb of Ani
Present location	British Museum, London
Identification	10470,3
Registration	1888,0515.1.3

ThePapyrus of Ani is apapyrus manuscript in the form of a scroll withcursive hieroglyphs and colour illustrations that was created c. 1250 BCE, during theNineteenth Dynasty of theNew Kingdom ofancient Egypt. Egyptians compiled an individualized book for certain people upon their death, called theBook of Going Forth by Day, more commonly known as theBook of the Dead, typically containingdeclarations and spells to help the deceased in theirafterlife. The Papyrus of Ani is the manuscript compiled for theThebanscribe Ani; it is now in theBritish Museum.

The scroll was discovered inLuxor in 1888 by Egyptians trading in illegal antiquities. It was acquired byE. A. Wallis Budge, as described in his autobiographyBy Nile and Tigris. Shortly after Budge first saw the papyrus, Egyptian police arrested several antiquities dealers and sealed up their houses, one of which contained the objects Budge had purchased from the dealers. Budge distracted the guards by offering them a meal while locals tunnelled under the house's walls to retrieve the objects, including the Papyrus of Ani. Stored in several custom tin boxes, the papyrus and other objects Budge had acquired were then smuggled to the principal librarian at the British Museum.^[1]

Budge was afterward paid a 150GBP "gratuity" from the British Treasury on behalf of the British Museum for acquiring the papyrus.^[2]

It is considered to be the finest extant example of theEgyptian Book of the Dead.

The entire Papyrus of Ani. (Scroll left or right.)

Note: Divisions vary based on compilations; Sections are groups of related sentences; Titles are not original to the text.

• List of ancient Egyptian papyri
• Maat: 42 Negative Confessions (Papyrus of Ani)

• The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day, The First Authentic Presentation of the Complete "Papyrus of Ani", Introduction and commentary by Dr. Ogden Goelet, Translation byDr. Raymond O. Faulkner, Preface by Carol Andrews,Featuring Integrated Text and Full Color Images, (Chronicle Books, San Francisco) c1994, Rev. ed. c1998. Contains:Map Key to the Papyrus, Commentary by Dr. Ogden Goelet, Selected Bibliography, and "Glossary of Terms and Concepts"
• Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum, Edna Russmann
• The Egyptian Book of the Dead: (The Papyrus of Ani), (Dover Ed., New York), c1895, Dover ed., 1967. Egyptian Text Transliteration and Translation, Introduction, etc. bySir E.A.Wallis Budge
• Facsimile: Papyrus Ani: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA), Graz 1978. Complete colour facsimile edition of the 37 segments of the papyrus in original size (approx. 24 x 0,38 m); average size of the segments 380 x 700 mm. Scholarly commentary (in German): E. Dondelinger, Koblenz. This facsimile edition is available either in a portfolio (= standard edition) or in a book case that can be used as a desk (= special edition) - CODICES SELECTI, Vol. LXII

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• The papyrus of Ani; a reproduction in facsimile by Budge, E. A. W. in three volumes.

  Vol. 1 at theInternet Archive (introductory analysis).

  Vol. 2 at theInternet Archive (transcription and translation).

  Vol. 3 at theInternet Archive (facsimile reproduction).

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