Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amen

“The papyrus presents scenes from the Amduat ‘s Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Hours.

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 scribe emphasises the progression of the Sun-god Re’s nocturnal journey through the Netherworld, while focusing on the transcendent aspect of Osiris’ hypostasis on the right-hand side.

From the manuscript’s left-hand side, the top register presents the following scenes: The Mighty or The Punishment (Tenth Hour), The Row of Rowers (Twelfth Hour), The Twelve Goddesses with Snakes (Twelfth Hour) and The Twelve Worshipers (Twelfth Hour).

From the manuscript’s left-hand side, the bottom register presents the following scenes: The Solar Boat (Eleventh Hour), The Bearers of Mehen (Eleventh Hour), The Shapes of Neith (Eleventh Hour), The Mighty or The Punishment (Tenth Hour), The bA of Osiris (Tenth Hour) and The Mummy of Osiris (Twelfth Hour).

The scribe also inserts Khepri and Shu’s scene (Twelfth Hour) amongst the two registers on the manuscript’s right-hand side.

On the manuscript’s far left-hand side, the scribe identifies the deceased, Nesuaset, as “Lady of the house” and “Chantress of (Amun)”, and on the far right-hand side, the scribe completes the treatise with a five-column text.”

Ssource Museo Egizio Papyri, research Enrico Pozzi, Shenali Boange

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