Read a singer’s journey into the afterlife.
Made for the temple singer Tayuhenutmut, this papyrus combines an offering scene with selected funerary spells. It shows her honoring Osiris as sacred words support the journey beyond earthly life.
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
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Digital image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Robert H. Fleming, and Norman W. Harris
Creator: Egyptian; probably Thebes (now Luxor), Egypt
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