Funerary Papyrus of Nauny

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This papyrus had been folded eight times and placed across the knees of Nauny's mummy. Although it is labeled on the right edge as "The Book of What is in the Duat (Underworld)," it does not resemble most other examples of an "Amduat" papyrus. Instead it can be seen as an example of a "Litany of Re," in which the sun god is represented in different forms. Here there are forty mummiform figures, with alternating human and non-human heads. The figures in dark wrappings, with non-human heads, are in most cases labelled as "The Osiris Nauny, true of voice (meaning she has succeeded at the Weighing of the Heart)." Nauny herself is represented by the 25th figure from the right. All but two of the human figures are bearded, and have a variety of labels above them, such as "He in his Mountain" (figure 4); Great (figure 16); West (figure 40).

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art