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The Book of Coming Forth by Day
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Book_of_Coming_Forth_by_Day
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
ancient Egyptian funerary text
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:The_Egyptian_Book_of_the_Dead
gptkbp:compiledBy
circa 1550 BCE
gptkbp:contains
prayers
incantations
spells
gptkbp:discoveredIn
tombs throughout Egypt
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
The Book of Coming Forth by Day
gptkbp:influenced
later funerary literature
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Coffin_Texts
gptkb:Pyramid_Texts
gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion
circa 50 BCE
gptkbp:mainDeity
gptkb:Ra
gptkb:Anubis
gptkb:Osiris
gptkbp:notableSpell
gptkb:Spell_125_(Weighing_of_the_Heart)
gptkbp:preservedIn
gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Louvre_Museum
gptkbp:purpose
guide for the dead in the afterlife
gptkbp:significance
important source for understanding ancient Egyptian religion
gptkbp:translatedInto
gptkb:E._A._Wallis_Budge
gptkbp:usedDuring
gptkb:Late_Period_of_ancient_Egypt
gptkb:Third_Intermediate_Period
New Kingdom period
gptkbp:writtenBy
papyrus scrolls
ancient Egyptian language
tomb walls
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Book_of_the_Dead
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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