Egyptian Book of the Dead

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Egyptian_Book_of_the_Dead
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Egyptian funerary text
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Book_of_Coming_Forth_by_Day
gptkbp:contains prayers
incantations
spells
gptkbp:date circa 1550 BCE – 50 BCE
gptkbp:firstModernPublication 1842
gptkbp:firstModernPublisher gptkb:Karl_Richard_Lepsius
gptkbp:format papyrus scrolls
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:cemetery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Egyptian Book of the Dead
gptkbp:illustrator yes
gptkbp:influenced later Egyptian funerary practices
gptkbp:influencedBy earlier funerary texts
gptkbp:language gptkb:Egyptian
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Anubis
gptkb:Osiris
gptkb:Thoth
gptkb:Ma'at
gptkbp:notableSpell gptkb:Weighing_of_the_Heart
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:New_Kingdom_of_Egypt
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Louvre_Museum
gptkb:Egyptian_Museum,_Cairo
gptkbp:purpose guide for the dead in the afterlife
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Coffin_Texts
gptkb:Pyramid_Texts
gptkbp:significance major source for understanding ancient Egyptian religion
gptkbp:structure individualized for each person
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:ancient_Egyptians
gptkbp:writtenBy hieroglyphic script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:newspaper
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4