Book of the Dead Papyrus Inscribed for Gautsoshen ca. 1000-945 B.C. Third Intermediate Period Found inside Gautsoshen's Osiris figure (25.3.37a, b) this papyrus contains Chapter 15 of the Book of the Dead, a hymn adoring the sun god, Re. The vignette on the right shows the deceased pouring a libation to Osiris and Isis. The slim, delicate figures are indicated by outline, and the details are rendered in a polychrome palette. The vignette was originally made for another Chantress of Amen-re, and was probably usurped by Gautsoshen, as her name was written over someone else's. The hieratic text on the left of the vignette was written by a skilled scribe, with beautiful calligraphy.. Book of the Dead Papyrus Inscribed for Gautsoshen. ca. 1000-945 B.C.. Papyrus, ink. Third Intermediate Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Pit, burial 4, MMA excavations, 1922-24. Dynasty 21
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