Book of the Dead of Djedkhonsuiuefankh
Description
Object Label: The Book of the Dead provided the spells the deceased must know and recite to speed the journey into the afterlife. This copy was made for a highly placed priest of the god Amun. As with most other examples of The Book of the Dead, only a selection of spells is included here. On the left are Spells 15 and 17. The illustration depicts Djedkhonsuiuefankh before the sun god Re-Hor-akhty. The columns of text in the illustration reveal the god’s greeting to the deceased and the deceased’s name and genealogy. Caption: Book of the Dead of Djedkhonsuiuefankh, ca. 945–712 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Sheet: 8 1/16 x 9 3/4 in. (20.5 x 24.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1782Ea-g. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
The image depicts two fragments of an ancient papyrus document with visible hieroglyphic text.
This image shows two sections of papyrus with lines of hieratic script arranged horizontally in columns. The top fragment is smaller and more irregular in shape, while the bottom fragment is larger, consisting of multiple rows of text. The papyrus exhibits signs of aging, with edges that are tattered and some areas lost. The calligraphy is finely rendered, typical of administrative or literary texts.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1782Ea-g tier-2
- BKM-Object 118302 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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