Isis and Horus Before the Djed Pillar

This Egyptian papyrus fragment features a scene in black ink on a textured, light-brown substrate. To the left, the goddess Isis, wearing a sheath dress and a headpiece topped with a falcon figure, places her hand on the back of Horus, who is depicted with a human body and falcon head, crowned with a complex headdress featuring a sun disk and two plumes. Between them and the male worshiper on the right stands a large Djed pillar, an ancient Egyptian symbol of stability. The worshiper, shown in profile, wears a pleated kilt and has his hands raised in a gesture of reverence; a small offering stand with floral elements sits before the pillar.

This scene is characteristic of the Book of the Dead, an ancient Egyptian funerary text intended to assist a dead person's journey through the underworld. The Djed pillar is frequently associated with Osiris, representing his backbone and symbolising permanence, stability, and resurrection.