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THE BOOK O F THE DEAD.
THE PAPYRUS OF H U N E F E R.
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Ckap. xvii. 8.— Vignettes: (a) The standard of Amenta, or the nether-world, with symbols of meat
and drink; (b) Figures of the deceased Hunefer going into and coming out from the
nether-world ; (c) Hunefer playing at draughts, within a hall; (d) The soul of Hunefer
standing on the tomb; (e) Hunefer kneeling in adoration before the Sun-disk in the solar mount;
on either side are the lions, “ Yesterday ” and “ The Morrowr,” i.e., Osiris and Ra ; (f) The
god Osiris wearing the atef cxovm and menat, and holding the emblems of sovereignty and
dominion; (g) Hunefer kneeling in adoration before the Bennu bird of the city of Annu
(Heliopolis), here described as the “ soul of Ra.”
Text -. Chapter 17 (“ of the praisings and glorifications of coming forth from and entering
into the nether-world,” etc.) of the Book of the Dead.
THE BOOK O F THE DEAD.
THE PAPYRUS OF H U N E F E R.
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(W///I
1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8
9 IO 11 12 *4 *5 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31 32 33
Ckap. xvii. 8.— Vignettes: (a) The standard of Amenta, or the nether-world, with symbols of meat
and drink; (b) Figures of the deceased Hunefer going into and coming out from the
nether-world ; (c) Hunefer playing at draughts, within a hall; (d) The soul of Hunefer
standing on the tomb; (e) Hunefer kneeling in adoration before the Sun-disk in the solar mount;
on either side are the lions, “ Yesterday ” and “ The Morrowr,” i.e., Osiris and Ra ; (f) The
god Osiris wearing the atef cxovm and menat, and holding the emblems of sovereignty and
dominion; (g) Hunefer kneeling in adoration before the Bennu bird of the city of Annu
(Heliopolis), here described as the “ soul of Ra.”
Text -. Chapter 17 (“ of the praisings and glorifications of coming forth from and entering
into the nether-world,” etc.) of the Book of the Dead.