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General description

Fragment of the Padibastet's Book of the Dead

Provv. 6288 is a small fragment of probably larger Book of the Dead manuscript, dated to the twenty-fifth or the twenty-sixth Dynasty, made for Padibastet, whose parents were Horwedja and Tamyt.

The section contains part of the nearly completely preserved spell 100 from the Book of the Dead, entitled as “Spell to satisfy the Ba of a glorified spirit in the necropolis and to make him descend into the boat of Ra”. The text of the spell allowed Padibastet to manifest himself as "excellent spirit" and travel as such in the bark of the sun god Re.

The vignette above the text depicts the deceased in the solar boat together with Ra and the Benu-bird (phoenix). In front of the boat stands Osiris between the emblem of the east and the Djed-pillar, a sacred symbol associated with Osiris and cult place Busiris.

Epoch

Late Period (765-332 BC)

Dynasty

Dynasty 25/26 (765-526 BC)

Pharaoh

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Provenance

Thebes (?)

Acquisition: Unknown

Acquisition Date: 1824 post

Joining object(s) (log into TPOP)

Provv.6288

Image(s)

Image

Text 1

Hieroglyphs

- Hieroglyphs

Editor

Enrica Ciccone (EC)

Contributor

Susanne Töpfer (ST)

Script

hieratic

Text type

Book of the Dead

Keywords

Bark-of-Re, spell 100

Place name

East (iAb.tit), Busiris (Dd.w)

Epoch

Late Period (765-332 BC)

Dynasty

Dynasty 25/26 (765-526 BC)

Pharaoh

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Drawing

Yes

Drawing description

A male figure (the deceased) driving the boat of the sun-god Ra towards the god Osiris, standing on the right in front of a Djed-pillar, holding the Was-scepter. The sun-god is depicted Falcon-headed with sun-disk, the Benu-bird (phoenix) as manifestation of the 'transfigured' soul of the deceased standing behind him.