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Original fileFlickr - Nic's events - British Museum with Cory and Mary, 6 Sep 2007 - 260
On the left, the green-skinned god Osiris stands in profile, wearing the white Atef crown with blue plumes and holding the crook and flail across his chest. Facing him on the right is a male figure with black hair, wearing a broad collar and a simple kilt, who holds out a small cup or bowl as an offering. The background consists of light-colored papyrus marked with horizontal rows of black Egyptian hieroglyphs, and the image is divided vertically by dark gaps where the original material has been lost or torn.
This scene is an illustration from the funerary papyrus of the 21st Dynasty High Priest Pinedjem II, designed to assist the deceased in the afterlife through the Book of the Dead, a collection of spells and litanies essential for navigating the Duat (underworld).
Multiple columns of Egyptian hieroglyphs in black ink, including signs for ankh, the atef crown, the eye of Horus, and various determinatives representing birds, water, and seated figures.
Translation
The hieroglyphs contain standard funerary formulae addressing Osiris, invoking his role as judge and lord of the afterlife, and identifying the deceased who makes the offering.
The Book of the Dead
This image is a specific vignette from the funerary papyrus belonging to the High Priest Pinedjem II.
Object
painting
papyrus
Third Intermediate Period
Egyptian
manuscript-illumination
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
1021 × 681 px
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