Two fragments of the Book of the Dead featuring the vignette from Chapter 165:
"Formula for mooring, preventing its injury, strengthening the body, swallowing their flood." The figures in the vignette from Chapter 165 of the Book of the Dead seem to symbolize the forces of creation, protection, and strength necessary for the deceased to overcome challenges in the afterlife. The ithyphallic god represents fertility and divine power, while the man with the ram’s heads signifies protection, transformation, and the strength needed to navigate the realms of the dead. Each figure contributes to the overarching theme of the deceased’s journey in the afterlife and their quest for immortality.
Graeco-Roman Period (332 BC-565 AD)
Ptolemaic Period (305-30 BC)
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Thebes
Acquisition: Drovetti, Bernardino
Acquisition Date: 1824
Susanne Töpfer (ST)
none (drawing)
Funerary text, Book of the Dead, Drawing
spell 165
Graeco-Roman Period (332 BC-565 AD)
Ptolemaic Period (305-30 BC)
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Yes
EN: The fragment on the left depicts an ithyphallic god (not portrayed with the body of a beetle, as seen in other parallels), adorned with plumes on his head, and his right arm raised with a flagellum. The fragment on the right shows a man with a ram's head on each shoulder. *** IT: Il frammento a sinistra raffigura un dio ithyphallic (non rappresentato con il corpo di uno scarabeo, come in altri paralleli), adornato con piume sulla testa e con il braccio destro sollevato con un flagello. Il frammento a destra mostra un uomo con una testa di ariete su ciascun spalla.
