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Papyrus of Hunefe – Anubis brings Hunefer into the judgment area.

Categories: Ancient Egytian, Ancient Artifacts, Ancient Texts.

Dimensions: Length: 67 cm (26 in) (frame) Width: 42 cm (17 in) (frame).

Artifact: Papyrus of Ani – Book of the Dead.

On the left, Ani and his wife Tutu enter the assemblage of gods.Īt the center, Anubis weighs Ani’s heart against the feather of Maat, observed by the goddesses Renenutet and Meshkenet, the god Shay, and Ani’s ba.Īt right, the monster Ammut, who will devour Ani’s soul if he is unworthy, awaits the verdict, while the god Thoth prepares to record it.Īt the top are gods acting as judges: Hu and Sia, Hathor, Horus, Isis and Nephthys, Nut, Geb, Tefnut, Shu, Atum, and Ra-Horakhty.

The Papyrus of Ani image is the “Weighing of the Heart” from the “Book of the Dead” of Ani.

It is an individualized book containing declarations and spells to help the deceased in their afterlife, compiled for the Theban scribe Ani. 1250 BCE, during the nineteenth dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Papyrus of Ani – The Weighing of the Heart Papyrus of Ani Some of the finest examples include the Papyrus of Ani and the Papyrus of Hunefer,‎ both of which are at the British Museum. The “Book of the Dead” was most commonly written in hieroglyphic script on a papyrus scroll and often illustrated with vignettes depicting the deceased and their journey into the afterlife. There was no single authoritative “Book of the Dead.” The many surviving copies of the “Book of the Dead” contain a varying selection of religious and magical texts and vary considerably in their illustration. The “Book of the Dead” was part of a tradition of funerary texts, which includes the earlier texts, which were painted onto objects, not written on papyrus. They were used from the beginning of the New Kingdom around 1550 BCE to around 50 BCE. The texts and images in the “Book of the Dead” evolved from the writings of many priests over about 1,000 years. The original Egyptian name for the text is translated as “Book of Coming Forth into the Light.” It was placed in the coffin or burial chamber of the deceased. The “Book of the Dead” is an ancient Egyptian funerary manuscript written on papyrus consisting of magic spells intended to assist a dead person’s journey through the underworld, and into the afterlife.