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About the Artwork
Reproduction of a vignette from the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, taken from the Papyrus of Hunefer from c. 1285 BC.
It depicts Hunefer during the Weighing of the Heart before the gods in the underworld and contains the spells he’d need to safely pass judgment by Osiris and the gods of the Ennead.
Art Ref
DP023
Object Record
Object Type
Papyrus
Materials
Date
Period
Dynasty 19
Findspot
Theban Necropolis
Dimensions
Current Location
British Museum
Object Number
People Depicted
Hunefer
Deities Depicted
Isis, Nephthys, Osiris, Imseti, Duamutef, Hapi, Qebehsenuef, Nekhbet, Horus, Thoth (Djhutey), Anubis, Ammit, Geb, Nut, Great Ennead, Re, Shu, Tefnut, Hu, Sia, Atum
Animals Depicted
Ibis, Jackal, Falcon, Lion, Hippo, Crocodile
Themes
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