The Book of What Is in the Underworld, chapters 10 and 11
CultureEgyptian
Date1075-945 B.C.E.
MediumInk and color on papyrus
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 40 inches (22.86 × 101.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-1398
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DescriptionThis papyrus joins two important scenes: the deceased meeting Osiris and the triumph of Re in the Underworld. The deceased, on the proper left side, has journeyed to the Underworld, where the gods have favorably judged his life and character. He now prays before Osiris. In the middle scene, Re grasps the wings of the serpent Apophis. In the next scene on the proper right, the snake-headed goddess Hepetethor lifts a snake and Re. Re now rises to give morning's light to the world above. The four figures to the left are Osiris and before them is the two-headed god of time. Khnum and another deity are between Osiris and Re.ProvenanceWith Altounian-Lorbet Antiquaires, Mâcon, France, by September 20, 1933;
Purchased from Altounian by Brummer Gallery, Paris and New York, stock no. P10011, September 20, 1933-October 27, 1933 [1];
Purchased from Brummer by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cloisters Library and Archive, Brummer Gallery Records, Egyptian, Object inventory card number P10011.
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