Funerary Papyrus of the Steward Sethnakht ca. 1320-1200 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside This papyrus was prepared for the Tax Master and Steward Sethnakht. It reads from right to left and contains 3 large and 41 smaller vignettes.The text is divided into vertical sections by double lines. Each section encloses a vignette and its accompanying text.The three lines above each vignette name the deity depicted and ask for a specific boon on behalf of Sethnakht. The three columns below relate that in exchange for the boon Sethnakht has made an offering on earth to the deity. The long fourth column which follows each vignette contains miscellaneous material from various sources that was intended largely as a space-filler.At the extreme right, in the first section of the papyrus, Sethnakhte kneels in adoration of the symbol of the West, on which a falcon is perched. He is joined in worship by several registers of minor deities and sacred baboons.To the left Sethnakhte adores Osiris flanked by Neph
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