Aaneru papyrus – Turin 4

Aaneru – aA-nrw
Probably from Thebes, 21th Dynasty, acquisition in 1824
Ranke II, pg. 104, 3

The great priest at the front of Mut, the god’s father of Mut, the great one

This papyrus is made for the god’s father of Mut named Aaneru, depicted throughout the papyrus either as a priest, bald and in white clothing, or with hair, or as a person of noble descent with hair, a headband and fine clothing

On the right-hand side of the papyrus, Aaneru is seen in adoration before the mummified god Osiris and the two female goddesses Isis and Nephthys. To the left of this scene, Aaneru is seen adoring the baboon god Thoth. Then we see him in front of a shrine that is decorated with two bullheads and bears the names of 40 different deities

The next scene depicts the Elysian Fields, where Aaneru is seen performing different tasks such as plowing and harvesting. On the left-hand side of the papyrus, we see Aaneru in front of four baboons and the Lake of Fire, followed by a scene where his heart is weighed against a feather to examine if he has lived a just life

The papyrus concludes with three adoration scenes in the top left corner, where a goddess who represents the west, the falcon god Horus, as well as the four ba’s, are all being venerated by Aaneru (source Museo Egizio Papyri, research Juan José Archidona Ramirez)