Meshasebeq papyrus – Turin 2
mSa-sbq
Ranke I, pg. 166, 3
Provenance probably from Thebes
Acquisition in 1824
21st Dynasty
This papyrus is made for the mistress of the house Meshasebeq. On this colourful papyrus she is displayed on the right-hand side offering her heart in adoration to a god in the form of a snake. To the left follows an image of her heart painted in white with ten lines of a spell. In this text Meshasebeq asks her heart not to lie about her actions in life and to be allowed passage into the netherworld
To the left of this scene a female goddess is kneeling in an adoring pose, the four sons of Horus and the god Thoth in the form of a baboon are seated behind her. Next to Thoth we find several demons with knives as well as guardians and spells related to the mounds of the netherworld
The papyrus concludes with a scene depicting four Wedjat-eyes with paddles and a text related to the adoration of the cow goddess Hathor (source Museo Egizio Papyri, research Juan José Archidona Ramírez)
Book of the Dead / Amduat papyrus for Meshasebeq
Length 174 cm, height 16,5 cm
Ref. No. 1769, Turin 2, Type A.III.1a Niwinski
Photo courtesy Archivio Museo Egizio
Panorama view VB 2022
On this fragment of the papyrus she is displayed on the right-hand side offering her heart in adoration to a god in the form of a snake. To the left follows an image of her heart painted in white with ten lines of a spell. In this text Meshasebeq asks her heart not to lie about her actions in life, to be allowed passage into the netherworld. To the left of this scene a female goddess is kneeling in an adoring pose, the four sons of Horus and the god Thoth in the form of a baboon are seated behind her (source Museo Egizio)
