Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus

Sheet from an Amduat papyrus

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Accession: 37.1699Ea-c
Find spot: Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1075–945 B.C.E.
Date range: 1075 BCE – 945 BCE
Materials: ['Papyrus', 'ink']
Height: 24.1 cm
Width: 50.8 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Sheet from an Amduat papyrus (37.1699Ea-c). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/19017

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Description

Object Label: This papyrus is an abridged version of the Amduat, a series of texts and pictures describing the twelve-hour nightly voyage of the sun god through the afterlife. During his journey, the god faces many dangers and appears in a series of manifestations that both aid and underscore his triumph over the forces of evil and chaos. By identifying with the sun god through the magical means found in this papyrus, the deceased owner was able to ward off the forces that threatened his or her own existence in the afterlife. Caption: Sheet from an Amduat papyrus, ca. 1075–945 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Sheet: 9 1/2 x 20 in. (24.1 x 50.8 cm) 37.1699Ea, as mounted: 24 1/2 x 13 15/16 x 7/8 in. (62.2 x 35.4 x 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1699Ea-c. (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.

An ancient papyrus featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions with depictions of figures.

The artifact is a fragmentary papyrus with rows of hieroglyphs and figures, possibly depicting a funerary or religious scene. The illustration includes several human figures, some of which appear to be deities or prominent individuals. The style suggests a formal composition typical of ritual texts or spells, with repeated motifs and symbols.

funerary New Kingdom fragmentary

Materials papyrus

Signs bird ×5 reed ×7 water ripple ×3

Connections

Found at Thebes

Materials Papyrus

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.1699Ea-c tier-2
BKM-Object 118223 tier-2

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