![]() ![]() ![]() The four Sons of Horus stand on a large lily (lotus) which grows from a pool of water beneath Osiris' throne. Horus then conducts Hunefer to a shrine in which Osiris sits enthroned, accompanied by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys. Below the balance crouches Ammit, the 'Devourer of the Damned', accompanied by a short inscription which describes her: 'Her front is a crocodile, her rear a hippopotamus, her middle a lion.' To the right, Thoth, ibis-headed, holds a pen and scribal palette to record the outcome of the weighing. On the left scale-pan is Hunefer's heart, and on the right the feather hieroglyph which symbolises Maat. Below, the jackal-headed Anubis leads Hunefer towards the balance of judgement, where Anubis is depicted again, kneeling to adjust the plumb-weight on the balance. Perhaps, as royal scribe, it was Hunefer himself who put brush to ink to inscribe his own papyrus.įull size polychrome vignette of Hunefer in judgement scene.įrom left: above, Hunefer kneels in adoration before a company of deities, who are named as Ra, Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Horus, Isis, Nephthys, Hu and Sia, and the Southern, Northern and Western 'roads'. Curator's comments 'Book of the Dead' papyri are first found in the early New Kingdom c.1450 BC and the finest (like Hunefer's) were written by expert scribes and decorated by master draftsmen.
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