Mutregh (Mutrudj) papyrus – Turin 16

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Not in Ranke
Provenance probably from Thebes
Acquisition in 1824
21th Dynasty

Mistress of the House, Chantress of Amen-Re

This papyrus presents presents scenes from the Amduat 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 treatise’s structure consists of one horizontal register. From left to right it describes the netherworld reality through a multimodal composition of visual and linguistic signs

On the manuscript’s left-hand side, the scribe presents the following scenes: The Snake of Time (Eleventh Hour), The Twelve Gods (Eleventh Hour) and Khepri and Shu (Twelfth Hour)

On the manuscript’s right-hand side, the etiquette shows the deceased, Mutregh, praising Osiris and offering him funerary supplies (source Museo Egizio Papyri, research Enrico Pozzi, Shenali Boange)

See Museo Egizio

Amduat papyrus for Mutregh / Mutrudj

Length 60 cm, height 22 cm
Ref. No. 1787, Turin 16, Type A.II.2b Niwinski
Photo website Museo Egizio and panorama view VB 2022

Fragment