File:Book of the Dead of Hunefer sheet 5.jpg

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Hunefer: Papyrus of Hunefer‎  wikidata:Q55807456 reasonator:Q55807456
Artist
Hunefer   wikidata:Q4026912
 
Hunefer
Description scribe and civil servant
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Title
Papyrus of Hunefer Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Papyrus of Hunefer Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Papyrus of Hunefer Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"Papiro de Hunefer"
label QS:Lde,"Papyrus des Hunefer"
label QS:Lmwl,"Papiro de Hunefer"
label QS:Lel,"Πάπυρος του Χουνεφέρ"
label QS:Lfr,"Papyrus de Hounefer"
Object type manuscript Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The Book of the Dead of Hunefer, sheet 5.
Date 1275 BC
date QS:P,-1275-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium papyrus Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 39.8 cm (15.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 550 cm (18 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+39.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+550U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Accession number
EA 9901 (British Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Ancient Egypt Edit this at Wikidata
References https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA9901-3 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer British Museum free image service
British Museum reference 9901,5
Detailed description
English: Book of the Dead of Hunefer (Hw-nfr) sheet 5; the main vignette from the funerary papyrus of the Royal Scribe Hunefer illustrates the ceremonies carried out at the entrance of the tomb on the day of burial. The officiating priest, clad in a panther skin, offers incense and purifies with water as he stands beside a heap of offerings. Other priests present containers and raise ritual implements to Hunefer's mummy which is held upright by a priest wearing a jackal's mask impersonating Anubis, god of embalming. The deceased's widow Nasha laments before him. Behind is a round topped funerary stela containing a prayer on Hunefer's behalf, it stands before his pyramid capped tomb chapel on the west bank at Thebes. Below, officiants carry a heart and foreleg cut from a still bleating calf towards a table heaped with offerings, a chest and ritual implements laid out ready for the Opening-of-the-Mouth ceremony which, will reincorporate Hunefer's spirit into his mummified corpse and enable him to enjoy the afterlife to the full. The finely written semi-cursive hieroglyphs above the vignette are the text of Chapter 23 of the 'Book of the Dead' containing ritual utterances for the ceremony. The beginning of Chapter 17, a text so obscure in content that the Egyptians themselves added explanatory glosses. In the accompanying vignettes Hunefer is depicted leaving the sign for "the West" in two directions, indicating his ability to roam at will in the afterlife. The scene showing him seated in a booth playing the board game senet is partly to ensure his continued enjoyment of a favourite leisure pursuit, but also has an underlying funerary significance: victory probably symbolized the overcoming of any obstacles which prevented entry to the afterlife.


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