File:The judgement of the dead in the presence of Osiris.jpg

Summary

Pablo Crespo Sabarís: Papyrus of Hunefer‎

Artist

Pablo Crespo Sabarís (1960–)

	Alternative names	Pablo Crespo Sabaris
	Description	Spanish politician and businessperson
	Date of birth	26 August 1960
	Location of birth	Pontevedra
	Authority file	: Q3392919

Title

Papyrus of Hunefer‎

Object type

manuscript

Description

English: "This is an excellent example of one of the many fine vignettes (illustrations) from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer.

The scene reads from left to right. To the left, Anubis brings Hunefer into the judgement area. Anubis is also shown supervizing [sic] the judgement scales. Hunefer's heart, represented as a pot, is being weighed against a feather, the symbol of Maat, the established order of things, in this context meaning 'what is right'. The ancient Egyptians believed that the heart was the seat of the emotions, the intellect and the character, and thus represented the good or bad aspects of a person's life. If the heart did not balance with the feather, then the dead person was condemned to non-existence, and consumption by the ferocious 'devourer', the strange beast shown here which is part-crocodile, part-lion, and part-hippopotamus.

However, as a papyrus devoted to ensuring Hunefer's continued existence in the Afterlife is not likely to depict this outcome, he is shown to the right, brought into the presence of Osiris by his son Horus, having become 'true of voice' or 'justified'. This was a standard epithet applied to dead individuals in their texts. Osiris is shown seated under a canopy, with his sisters Isis and Nephthys. At the top, Hunefer is shown adoring a row of deities who supervise the judgement."

A more detailed explanation of the scene can be found in the public domain The Book of the Dead, by E. A. Wallis Budge.[1]

Date

circa 1275 BCE

Medium

papyrus

Dimensions

height: 39.8 cm (15.6 in) ; width: 550 cm (18 ft)

Collection

British Museum

	Native name	British Museum
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 10″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1753
	Website	www.britishmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q6373 VIAF: 134857252 ISNI: 0000000123428817 ULAN: 500125180 LCCN: n79107735 NLA: 35022119 WorldCat

Accession number

EA 9901 (British Museum)

Place of creation

Ancient Egypt

References

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA9901-3

Source/Photographer

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/p/page_from_the_book_of_the_dead.aspx, https://www.webcitation.org/63ZdUemZU

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