Book of the Dead for Pai-nefer-nefer
21st Dynasty, 1081–931 BC
This funerary papyrus of the scribe of the treasury Pai-nefer-nefer contains the vignette – scene and text – of the most important chapters in the Book of the Dead: the corpse upon a bier is mummified by Anubis. In the “negative confession” the deceased lists all the sins he did not commit before 42 judges, and his heart is weighed before Osiris and the “Devourer”, a monster combining the bodies of a lion and a hippopotamus with the head of a crocodile.
This funerary papyrus of the scribe of the treasury Pai-nefer-nefer contains the vignette – scene and text – of the most important chapters in the Book of the Dead: the corpse upon a bier is mummified by Anubis. In the “negative confession” the deceased lists all the sins he did not commit before 42 judges, and his heart is weighed before Osiris and the “Devourer”, a monster combining the bodies of a lion and a hippopotamus with the head of a crocodile.
Time:
21st Dynasty, 1081–931 BC
Object Name
Papyrus
Culture
Ägyptisch
Location of discovery:
Fundort unbekannt
Material/technology:
Papyrus
Dimensions:
H 23 cm, B 254,7 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Invs.
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 3860
Provenance
Acquired before 1824