mythological papyrus of Imenemsaouf

mythological papyrus of Imenemsaouf

An item at Louvre

Decoration: man (standing, worshipping) representation of the sunset; god (2, opposites, arms raised, carrying, solar disk); genius (2, worshipping); bird-ba (2, worshipping) falcon head (under, barque of Ra, radiant, on); Osiris (mummy, flanked by); Isis; Nephthys horizon representation of the world; Nut (woman, leaning, on); Chou (standing, arms raised, carrying); barque of Ra; sign of the West; sign of the East Thoth (standing, in front); nebrid; Osiris (reliquary of Abydos, in); serpent; Mehen Osiris (shroud, lying on, embalming bed, on, 4, crown); Isis; Nephthys; Horus (falcon) ram; winged goddess; barque of Ra; phoenix; guardian genies of the afterlife (holding, knife); Hu; Sia; scarab-headed god; snake-headed god; Bes-headed god; monkey-headed god; cat-headed god; mouse-headed god; two-headed god; flame-headed god; ostrich-feather head god (2); man (2, worshipping); horizon guardian genies of the afterlife; snake-legged; crocodile-headed god (holding, snake); snake-headed god (holding, snake); snake-headed god (holding, 2, lizard) Osiris (reliquary of Abydos, in, chapel); Nefertum (emblem of Nefertum, in, chapel); Osiris (djed pillar, atef crown, holding, heqa scepter, flagellum, in, chapel) representation of the sunset; cow coming out of the mountain


Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).