The Book of the Faiyum

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The Book of the Faiyum is the modern name of a text that describes the Faiyum oasis as the mythical center of prosperity and ritual. The text was compiled during the Greco-Roman period, perhaps in the temple of the crocodile god Sobek in Shedet (Greek: Crocodilopolis; Arabic:...

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Sections W.738.1A-E, W.738.2A, W.738.2B.1 and W.738.2C: purchased by Reverend William Frankland Hood [d. 1864], Deir el-Bahri. Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, November 11, 1924, no. 134. Acquired by William Randolph Hearst [1863-1951], New York. Joseph Brummer, New York; Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 11-13, 1949, no. 67; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 1949.Sections W.738.2B.2-.3: present in Thebes, Egypt, until 1859; Lord Amherst of Hackney, Didlington Hall, Norfolk, England; purchased by Morgan Library and Museum, New York, 1912 [1]; given to Walters Art Museum, 2012.[1] At this time, these sections were mounted with other fragments as part of Amherst Egyptian Papyrus VIII.5
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