"Book of the Dead" inscribed for Henettawy, daughter of Isetemkheb
Discovered inside Henettawy's Osiris figure (25.3.35a, b), this papyrus had been tightly rolled and tied with a tape of papyrus on one side.The scroll starts on viewer right with a painted vignette showing Henettawy presenting a jar of ointment to a figure of Osiris, captioned with carefully drawn hieroglyphs. The remainder of the papyrus is filled with columns of text written in a cursive script called hieratic. These are chapters from the Book of Coming Forth by Day (known as the Book of the Dead), each headed by a title in red ink. The drawing and hieroglyphs in the scene were done by one draftsman, the hieratic text by another.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Book of the Dead" inscribed for Henettawy, daughter of Isetemkheb
- Period: Third Intermediate Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 21
- Date: ca. 990–970 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Chamber, Burial of Henettawy, daughter of Isetemheb (Ch4), MMA excavations, 1923–24
- Medium: Papyrus, ink
- Dimensions: L. 166.4 × H. 24.1 cm (65 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.3.29
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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