Four Baboons Adoring the Sun (Papyrus of Ani)

The image features four baboons painted in shades of muted green and grey, positioned at the corners of a central rectangular pool represented by red wave patterns on a tan background. Each baboon faces outward, with long tails curving alongside the pool’s edge, each tail passing through a circular amulet or sun-disk marker. Below the pool are columns of black and red Egyptian hieroglyphics written on papyrus fibers. To the right, a portion of a Djed pillar is visible above further vertical registers of text.

This scene represents the baboons as guardians of the morning sun, associated with the god Thoth, who howl at the rising sun as it emerges from the primeval waters of Nun. It is a standard vignette from the 'Book of the Dead', specifically found in the funerary papyri of the New Kingdom.