Protective spell
Cat. 1858 is a small papyrus that could be worn as an amulet, it has been inscribed with a protective spell related to Book of the Dead spell 100. The papyrus was made for the royal scribe Butehamun and the spell would allow him to enter the bark of the sun god Re and protect his earthly body from any harm done to it. Besides the text, several images dealing with the solar cycle are drawn underneath it, while on the back, a set of protective Wedjat eyes have been drawn.
Third Intermediate Period (1076-664 BC)
Dynasty 21 (1076-944 BC)
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Thebes
Acquisition: Drovetti, Bernardino
Acquisition Date: 1824
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Juan José Archidona Ramírez (JJAR)
hieratic
Magical
spell 100, spell 129
Busiris (Dd.w)
Third Intermediate Period (1076-664 BC)
Dynasty 21 (1076-944 BC)
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No
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Demichelis, in BIFAO 100, pp. 267-273 (OEB 44604)
Totenbuchprojekt Bonn, TM 57613
Juan José Archidona Ramírez (JJAR)
none (drawing)
Drawing
Third Intermediate Period (1076-664 BC)
Dynasty 21 (1076-944 BC)
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Yes
Two deities are represented beneath Text Recto 1. The right deity is has a mummified body with two rams heads wearing an Atef crown and an ankh symbol in its hands. The left deity is a falcon with a solar disk on its head. These two deities represent the morning and nocturnal forms of the sun god Re A long line divides these two images from the image of Nut drawn on the right side (see Text Recto 3)
Demichelis, in BIFAO 100, pp. 267-273 (OEB 44604)
Juan José Archidona Ramírez (JJAR)
hieratic
Drawing, Magical, Book of Caverns
Third Intermediate Period (1076-664 BC)
Dynasty 21 (1076-944 BC)
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Yes
A female goddess representing Nut is drawn holding two different forms of the sun in her hands. In her left hand, the sun is represented in its morning form as a regular sun-disk. In her left hand, the sun is represented in its nocturnal form as the god Atum with a sun-disk on its head. The goddess is flanked by two snakes in black with a red zigzag line painted on top of the black ink. Near the back of the goddess, several figures are drawn at an angle in red and black ink. The first two figures are crocodiles, the first one is preceded by a sun-disk, the second one by a Wedjat eye. The last two figures are a scarab holding a sun-disk and the head of a ram.
Demichelis, in BIFAO 100, pp. 267-273 (OEB 44604)
Lutz Popko (LP)
none (drawing)
Drawing
Third Intermediate Period (1076-664 BC)
Dynasty 21 (1076-944 BC)
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Yes
LP: A set of four Wedjat eyes drawn in a line. All are facing to the right, except the leftmost one, which faces to the left. Above the left eyes is a red sun-disk with a black border, possibly suggesting a seated figure of the god Ra. Behind the disk the head with headdress, the knees and the base line of another seated figure (Isis, according to Demichelis) can be seen. Only tiny traces of the figures to the right of the solar disk have been preserved.
Demichelis, in BIFAO 100, pp. 267-273 (OEB 44604)
