Painted papyrus, brown and red pigments; visible gaps
Dim. 12,5 x 60 cm
Egypt, 1069st Dynasty, 945-XNUMX BC. J.-C.
Origin
Former collection of Monsieur Kauffman, Antique dealer rue du Fg Saint Honoré, in the second half of the XNUMXth century
Reference literature
PIANKOFF, A., RAMBOVA, N., Mythological papyri translated with introduction by Alexander Piankoff, NY, Bollingen, 1957
Representing a scene with three registers. In the front row, seated divinities, and characters in intercession.
In the second row, Khnum in the lunar boat drawn by divinities.
In the last register, geniuses armed with knives cutting up bodies that do not pass the Amdouat and followed by characters in intercession.
In the field on the right, three columns of hieroglyphic text in hieratic, below the sarcophagus of the deceased in Osiris.
The term "mythological papyrus" commonly designates manuscripts which are characterized by a very strong predominance of the image over the text and by their mixture between several different compositions. They are quite specific to the XNUMXst Dynasty.
However, the content is generally closer to either the Book of the Dead or the Book of Amduat, as is the case here.
The papyrus was rolled up and placed carefully in the tomb of the deceased.
An Egyptian Third Intermediate Period, a mythological papyrus of Pen Maat, son of Nesmat, Dynasty 21th, 1069-945 BC
Representing a scene with three registers. In the front row, seated deities, and characters in intercession.
In the second row, Khnum in the lunar boat drawn by divinities.
In the last register, geniuses armed with knives cutting up bodies that do not pass the Amdouat and followed by characters in intercession.
In the field on the right, three columns of hieroglyphic text in hieratic, below the sarcophagus of the deceased in Osiris.
The term "mythological papyrus" commonly designates manuscripts which are characterized by a very strong predominance of the image over the text and by their mixture between several different compositions. They are quite specific to the 21st Dynasty.
However, the content is generally closer to either the Book of the Dead or the Book of Amduat, as is the case here.
The papyrus was rolled up and placed carefully in the tomb of the deceased.
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