THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE ADORATION OF OSIRIS

Plate 4

Illustration: This page features a vibrant, multi-colored illustration from an ancient Egyptian funerary papyrus. It shows a scene in the presence of Osiris.

In the center-right, the god Osiris sits on a low-backed, colorful throne inside a shrine. His skin is painted green, symbolizing rebirth, and he is mummified in a white shroud with a decorative collar and a red sash. He wears the white Atef crown Atef: a tall white crown with two ostrich feathers on the sides, worn by Osiris. He holds the symbols of his power: the crook and the flail original: "heka" and "nekhakha".

In front of Osiris, a large blue lotus flower original: "Nymphaea caerulea" is in bloom. Standing on the lotus are the four Sons of Horus:
1. Imsety (with a human head)
2. Hapy (with a baboon head)
3. Duamutef (with a jackal head)
4. Qebehsenuef (with a falcon head)

The shrine is framed by a vertical column on the left with a top shaped like a papyrus bud and green stripes. Above the main scene is a decorative border of eleven rearing cobras uraei: stylized cobras used as symbols of sovereignty and divine authority, each wearing a red sun disk and set against a red background. The entire illustration is bordered by thick green and red lines.

Above the cobra border and within the scene are several columns of hieroglyphic text.

About 14 columns of faded hieroglyphic text at the top of the page?

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Three columns of hieroglyphs identifying Osiris and his formal titles? Three columns of hieroglyphs above the four Sons of Horus?

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