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Original fileAni LDM part2
The image features two female figures, Isis and Nephthys, kneeling on pedestals facing a central pillar topped with an ankh and a large red solar disc. The goddesses have dark hair, wear linen sheaths, and carry hieroglyphic signs for 'goddess' or 'throne' on their heads. Above them, six baboons with raised arms—three on each side—are arranged in the upper corners, gesturing toward the sun. To the left is a vertical register containing dense columns of Egyptian hieroglyphic text on a papyrus background.
This scene is derived from the Papyrus of Ani, a prominent funerary text from the New Kingdom of Egypt, specifically relating to the Book of the Dead and the transition of the deceased into the afterlife. It depicts the solar cycle and the cult of Ra, where the deities represent the divine mourners and protectors of the deceased in the transition to the sun-god's realm.
Multiple vertical columns of Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs appear to the left of the central scene, serving as a funerary invocation or hymn.
Translation
General content relates to the adoration of Ra as he rises in the eastern horizon of heaven, praising his brilliance and the protection of the goddesses.
The Book of the Dead
This image is a direct plate from the funerary papyrus attributed to the scribe Ani.
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