Djedkhonsuiuefankh papyrus – Turin 8

Djedkhonsuiufankh – Dd-xnsw-iwf-anx
Thebes 21th Dynasty, acquisition 1824
Also known as Djedkhonsouioufankh, Djedkhonsefankh, Djedkhonsuiufankh
Ranke I, pg. 412, 4
The name means ‘Khonsu has said, he will live’

Wab-priest of Amen

This papyrus presents scenes from the Book of the Dead chapters 85, 130, 148 and 149 and the Amduat’s Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Hours. On the manuscript’s right-hand side, the so-called etiquette shows an offering scene between Osiris and the papyrus’ owner

The papyrus’s structure consists of two horizontal registers juxtaposing different episodes through conceptual and symbolic processes

From left to right, the top register presents the following scenes: Book of the Dead chapters 148, 130 and 85, The Eyes of the Sun (Amduat, Tenth Hour) and The Goddesses on Snakes (Amduat, Eleventh Hour)

From left to right, the bottom register presents the following scenes: Book of the Dead chapter 149, The Drowned (Amduat, Tenth Hour), The Twelve Goddesses with Snakes (Amduat, Twelfth Hour), The Armed Ones (Amduat, Tenth Hour) or The Row of Rowers (Amduat, Twelfth Hour) and The Mummy of Osiris (Amduat, Twelfth Hour).

On the manuscript’s right-hand side, the scribe inserts Khepri and Shu’s scene (Amduat, Twelfth Hour) amongst the two registers

On the manuscript’s far right-hand side, the etiquette shows the deceased, Djedkhonsuiuefankh, offering funerary supplies and making a libation in front of Osiris  (source Museo Egizio Papyri, research Enrico Pozzi, Shenali Boange)