Nesamen papyrus – Turin 9
ns-imn
Ranke I, pg. 173, 19
Also known as Nesiamun, Nesiamen, Nesyamun
Provenance probably from Thebes
Acquisition in 1824
Late 21st Dynasty
God’s father of Amen-Re, God’s father of Mut, God’s father of Khonsu
Son Paneferher
This presents scenes from the Amduat’s Tenth and Eleventh 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 two horizontal registers. 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 Tenth Hour displays a predominantly apotropaic characteristic presenting the following scenes: The Punishment, The Armed Ones, and The Goddesses and Seth’s Crook
The scribe then arranges five columns of text, with the Eleventh Hour’s introduction. This forms a vertical element that separates the Tenth Hour from the Eleventh
In the manuscript’s centre, the Eleventh Hour maintains the apotropaic characteristic expressed by the previous episodes and presents the following scenes: The Solar Boat, The Bearers of Mehen and The Punishment of the Damned
On the manuscript’s right-hand side, the etiquette shows the deceased, Nesamun, son of Paneferher, offering funerary supplies and lotus flowers to Osiris (source Museo Egizio Papyri, research Enrico Pozzi)
Amduat papyrus for Nesamen
Length 106 cm, height 24 cm
Ref. No. 1780, Turin 9, Type A.II.2b Niwinski
Composed of photo Archivio Museo Egizio
Panorama view VB 2022
