Book of the Dead
Cat. 1771 is a Book of the Dead papyrus made for the god's father of Mut named Aaneru, depicted throughout the papyrus either as a priest, bald and in white clothing, or with hair, or as a person of noble descent with hair, a headband and fine clothing.
On the right-hand side of the papyrus, Aaneru is seen in adoration before the mummified god Osiris and the two female goddesses Isis and Nephthys. To the left of this scene, Aaneru is seen adoring the baboon god Thoth. Then we see him in front of a shrine that is decorated with two bullheads and bears the names of 40 different deities. The next scene depicts the Elysian Fields, where Aaneru is seen performing different tasks such as plowing and harvesting. On the left-hand side of the papyrus, we see Aaneru in front of four baboons and the Lake of Fire, followed by a scene where his heart is weighed against a feather to examine if he has lived a just life. The papyrus concludes with three adoration scenes in the top left corner, where a goddess who represents the west, the falcon god Horus, as well as the four ba's, are all being venerated by Aaneru.
Third Intermediate Period (1076-664 BC)
Dynasty 21 (1076-944 BC)
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Thebes (?)
Acquisition: Drovetti, Bernardino
Acquisition Date: 1824
Cat. 1771
Name and titles of the deceased: The great priest at the front of Mut, the god's father of Mut, the great one, Aeneru
Juan José Archidona Ramírez (JJAR)
cursive hieroglyphs
Book of the Dead
spell 125, spell 126, spell 110
Third Intermediate Period (1076-664 BC)
Dynasty 21 (1076-944 BC)
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On the right-hand side of the papyrus, Aeneru is seen in adoration before the mummified god Osiris and the two female goddesses Isis and Nephthys, to the left of this scene, Aeneru is also adoring the baboon god Thoth. Then we see him in front of a shrine that bears the names of 40 different gods and is decorated with two heads of a bull. The next scene depicts the Elysian Fields, where Aeneru is seen performing different tasks such as plowing and harvesting. On the left-hand side of the papyrus, we see Aneru in front of four baboons and the Lake of Fire, followed by a scene where his heart is weighed against a feather to examine if he has lived a just life. The papyrus is concluded with three adoration scenes seen at the far top left, where a goddess who represents the west, the falcon god Horus, and finally the four ba's are all being venerated by Aeneru
