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title: Letter to the Dead
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6732/letter-to-the-dead/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Letter to the Dead
_Authored by The Trustees of the British Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6732.jpg)
## Image Caption
A letter to the dead, addressed to the 'excellent spirit, the Count, Overseer of the Army'. [First Intermediate Period of Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/First_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt/)British Museum
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2017, June 01). Letter to the Dead. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Letter to the Dead." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 01, 2017. .
### MLA
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Letter to the Dead." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Jun 2017, .
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© Trustees of the [British Museum](http://www.britishmuseum.org/). Republished under the British Museum [Standard Terms of Use](http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/terms_of_use.aspx) for non-profit educational purposes. [Original image](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=139754&partId=1&searchText=letter&images=true&place=42209&page=1) by [**The Trustees of the British Museum**](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=139754&partId=1&searchText=letter&images=true&place=42209&page=1). Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 01 June 2017. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Copyright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright). You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.