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Original fileMaec, sezione egizia, libro dei morti di peteminis, II secolo dc. 05
This papyrus fragment rendered in black ink shows a seated deity on the right, wearing a tall Atef-style crown and a patterned net-like garment, seated on a throne beneath a floral-topped column. In the center, three small, standing, jackal- or animal-headed figures (likely the Sons of Horus or guardians of the underworld) stand upon a lotus-shaped dais. To the far left, a larger, crocodile-headed or canine deity stands atop a rectangular dais. A frieze of small seated figures runs along the top margin.
This fragment belongs to the Egyptian Book of the Dead tradition, specifically a funerary text intended to guide the soul through the underworld, protect the deceased, and ensure their transformation and eternal life.
Hieroglyphic text columns positioned between the primary figures, with a frieze of seated deities along the upper border.
Translation
General funerary formulae typical of the Book of the Dead, including invocations to the gods of the Duat and titles of the deceased.
Book of the Dead
The iconography, including the deity, the dais, and the columns of hieroglyphs, is characteristic of funerary papyri from the Roman period of Egypt.
Object
ink drawing
papyrus
Roman period
Egyptian
manuscript-illumination
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
4760 × 3712 px
Linked Data
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