The book of the dead was most commonly written on a papyrus scroll. It was placed in the coffin of the dead person, or their burial chamber. The book of the dead in its most familiar form was first used in the New Kingdom, but many of the spells had their origins in the funerary texts of the Old and Middle Kingdoms.
ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY b ʊ k WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY d ɛ d WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY m oʊ s t WORD_BOUNDARY k ɑ m ə n l i WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ ɪ t ə n WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ n WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY p ʌ p aɪ ɹ ə s WORD_BOUNDARY s k ɹ oʊ l WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY p l eɪ s t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY k ɔ f ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY d ɛ d WORD_BOUNDARY p ɜː s ə n WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɛ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY b ɛ ɹ ɪ ə l WORD_BOUNDARY t̠ʃ eɪ m b ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY b ʊ k WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY d ɛ d WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t s WORD_BOUNDARY m oʊ s t WORD_BOUNDARY f ə m ɪ l ɪ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ m WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY f ɜː s t WORD_BOUNDARY j uː z d WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY n uː WORD_BOUNDARY k ɪ ŋ d ə m WORD_BOUNDARY b ʌ t WORD_BOUNDARY m ɛ n ɪ ə v WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s p ɛ l z WORD_BOUNDARY h æ d WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɛ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ ɹ ɪ d̠ʒ ɪ n z WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY f j uː n ə ɹ ɹ ɛ ɹ i WORD_BOUNDARY t ɛ k s t s WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v ð ɪ WORD_BOUNDARY oʊ l d WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY m ɪ d ə l WORD_BOUNDARY k ɪ ŋ d ə m z WORD_BOUNDARY