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Hunefer was a scribe during the 19th Dynasty (fl. c. 1300 BCE). He was the owner of the Papyrus of Hunefer, a copy of the funerary Egyptian Book of the Dead , which represents one of the classic examples of these texts, along with others such as the Papyrus of Ani .
Extract from the Papyrus of Hunefer, a 19th-Dynasty Book of the Dead (c.1300 BCE) Peseshkef blade dedicated by King Senwosret to Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II MET DP311785. The opening of the mouth ceremony (or ritual) was an ancient Egyptian ritual described in funerary texts such as the Pyramid Texts.
Extract from the Papyrus of Hunefer, a 19th-Dynasty Book of the Dead (c. 1300 BC) There were many challenges the dead had to face before they were able to enter into the final stages of the afterlife. However, through the support of the living, the dead had access to the protection and knowledge they would need to be reborn in the netherworld.
Papyrus of Ani: some of the 42 Judges of Maat are visible, seated and in small size. The Weighing of the Heart as depicted in the Papyrus of Hunefer (19th Dynasty, c. 1300 BC) The deceased's first task was to correctly address each of the forty-two Assessors of Maat by name, while reciting the sins they did not commit during their lifetime. [44]
The Weighing of the Heart as depicted in the Papyrus of Hunefer (19th Dynasty, c. 1300 BCE) The visual depiction of what judgment looks like has been discovered through ancient Egyptian ruins and artifacts.
Next, the triumphant Hunefer, having passed the test, is presented by the falcon-headed Horus to Osiris, seated in his shrine with Isis, Nephthys and the four sons of Horus. (19th Dynasty, c. 1300 BCE) A section of the Egyptian Book of the Dead that is written on papyrus, showing the Weighing of the Heart in the Duat, where Anubis can be seen ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The famous Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, ... Book of the Dead of Hunefer, sheet 5, 19th Dynasty, ...
This detailed scene, from the Papyrus of Hunefer (c. 1275 BC), shows the scribe Hunefer's heart being weighed on the scale of Maat against the feather of truth by Anubis. Anubis was one of the most frequently represented deities in ancient Egyptian art. [5] He is depicted in royal tombs as early as the First Dynasty. [9]