Western reserve university c a s e Affiliated

neb 
as 
in the case 
of 
Nebseni, and in two places (sheet 
1. 
62 
sheet 
24, 
54) the word 
is written 
and 

---

T H E
B O O K
O F
T H E DEAD. 
; 
compare Chap. 
published from a 
papyrus at Parma by Naville, 
Bd. 
I. 
40, 11. 
I 
and 
T h e deceased 
Nu 
held the office of “overseer of the pa- 
which we may either 
lace”, and he is described as 
render as “belonging to the office of chancellor” or “the tongue 
of the chancery” 
; 
I 
have rendered it freely by the words 
“chancellor-in-chief”. T h e name of his father was Amen-hetep, and 
he had held the same offices as his son 
Nu 
his mother’s name was 
Senseneb.’ 
T h e name 
is common enough in the 
XVIIIth dynasty, but the name Senseneb is rare, and is characteristic 
of the XVIIIth dynasty, and the period preceding 
it see the two 
instances of the name quoted by Lieblein 
Livr. 
III., 
Nos. 
1558, 
p. 621, and 1963, p. 
and 
to these may be added that 
of 
the wife 
of Nebseni (see Naville, 
Einleitung, p. 
51). T h e Papyrus of Nu contains 
Chapters
2 
which are as follows 
:-
I 
(sheet 
5), 
(sheet 
3 (sheet 
4 (sheet 
5 
(sheet 
6 (sheet 
7 (sheet 
8 
(sheet 
(sheet 
11 
(sheet 
(sheet g), 17 (sheet 
18 
(sheet 
(sheet 
g), 
(sheet 
(sheet 
24 (sheet 
25 
(sheet 
26 (sheet 
5), 
27 (sheet 
5), 
(sheet 5), 
(sheet 
A 
(sheet 
5), 
(sheet 
(sheet 
34 (sheet 
35 
(sheet 6), 36 (sheet 
37 (sheet 
38 (sheet 
40 (sheet 
41 (sheet 
42 
(sheet 6), 43 (sheet 
44 (sheet 
45 (sheet 
46 (sheet 
47 (sheet 
50 
(sheet 
51 (sheet 
52 
(sheet 
11
), 
53 (sheet 
11
), 
54 (sheet 
55 (sheet 
56 (sheet 
57 
(sheet 
61 (sheet 
63 
(sheet 
64 (with rubric 
referring to Hesep-ti, sheet 
6 4 (with rubric referring t o
sheet 
65 (sheet 
67 (sheet 
68 (sheet 
* 
see sheet 
I I
, 
line 
This number includes 
two 
versions 
of 
Chapters 
64, 
and 

---

D E S C R I P T I O N OF 
T H E P A P Y R I .
71 (sheet 7), 72 (sheet 
74 (sheet 
75 (sheet 
(sheet 
77 (sheet 
I
O
) ,
78 (sheet 
79 (sheet 8), 
(sheet 
82 
(sheet 
8 3 and 8 4 (sheet 
I
O
), 
85 (sheet 
86 (sheet 
I
O
), 
87 
(sheet 
11
), 
88 
(sheet 
11
), 
89 (sheet 
go (sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 7), 93 (sheet 6), 94 (sheet 
95 (sheet 
96 
97 (sheet 
98 (sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
104 (sheet 
(sheet 7), 106 (sheet 
108 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
I
S), 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet g), 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
124 (sheet 
I
O
), 
125 (sheets 
22, 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
133 (sheet 
(sheet 
136 (sheet 
(sheet 
136 
B 
(sheet 
(sheet 
138 (sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
148 (sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
152 (sheet 
(sheet 
B 
(sheet 
(sheet 
(sheet 
156 (sheet 
176 (sheet 
(sheet 
187 (sheet 
188 
(sheet 
189 (sheet 
and 
(sheet 
T h e numbers of the 
from the Papyrus 
of 
Nu 
print- 
ed in the present volume are 
3, 
4, 
7, 
25, 28, 
54, 55, 56, 57, 63 
A
, 
63 
B
, 
(short version and both rubrics), 
42t 
I
. 
On 
sheet 
occurs 
the 
following 
Chapter 
:- 
I 
Compare Chapter 
XXVIII. 

---

T H E
BOOK O F THE DEAD. 
93, 94, 
97, 
105, 106, 
108, 
122, 
124, 125 (Introduction and final Address), 126, 
138, 
and 142, 
187, 188, 189, and 
T
HE 
PAPYRUS 
OF 
ANI. 
T h i s papyrus was found at 
‘Thebes, and was acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum 
in 1888. It measures 78 ft., by 
I 
ft. 
3 in. 
; 
it is mounted under 
glass in thirty-seven sheets and bears the number 
It is 
the finest 
of 
all the illustrated papyri inscribed with the Theban 
Recension of the 
Book of the Dead, and it was probably written 
between the years 
B. 
C. 1500 and B. 
C. 
1400. (For a detailed 
account of the papyrus see 
PAPYRUS 
OF 
ANI, 
London, 1895, 
p. 
T h e Papyrus 
of Ani is 
a 
most important author- 
ity for the text 
of the Theban Recension, and it contains 
Chapters, Introductions to Chapters, etc., which are not found 
in any other papyrus 
from an 
artistic 
point of view its value 
is greater than that of any other papyrus. 
T h e texts from it 
printed in the present work are 
:- 
H y m n to 
H y m n t o
Osiris, and Chapters 
I
,
2, 
8, 
I
O
, 
15, 
17 (part), 
(with In- 
61, 71, 89, 125 (with Introduction), 132, 
186. 
T h i s papyrus was found 
at Thebes and was purchased by the Trustees 
of the British 
Museum from Clot Bey. 
It measures 
18 ft., by 
I 
ft. 
in. 
it is mounted under glass in eight sheets, and bears the number 
troduction), 
43, 
45, 58, 59, 
IV. 
T
HE 
P
APYRUS 
I .
The order 
of 
the Chapters in 
this papyrus 
is 
as 
follows 
:-17, 
18, 
I
,
79, 
118, 
122, 
98, 76, 85, 
8 2 ,
77, 86, 124, 
83 
and 84, 
87, 
- 
8, 64 (short version), 
2, 
3, 152, 75, 78, 190, 
65, 
67, 
123, 
141, 
130, 
89, 
112, 
187, 189, 44, 
4, 96 and 
64 
(long version) 
6, 99, 
176, 
126, 
1365, 
68, 
95, 
47, 

---

D E S C R I P T I O N OF T H E PAPYRI. 
xv 
It is beautifully illustrated, and is the shortest perfect 
document 
of its class known. T h e deceased 
was the 
overseer 
of the palace, and inspector of cattle, and scribe to 
His Majesty Seti 
I, 
King of Egypt about B. 
C. 
it is thus 
possible t o date the document with considerable accuracy. 
T h e texts from this papyrus printed in the present volume are 
the Introductory Hymns to 
Ra 
and Osiris 
; 
the latter is com- 
monly called Chapter 
183. 
T
HE PAPYRUS OF 
M
UT
-
HETEP
. 
This papyrus was pro- 
bably found at T h e b e s , and was purchased by the Trustees 
of 
the British Museum from Mr. Murray in 
1861. 
It measures 
ft. 
in., by 
I 
ft. 
in. 
it is mounted under glass i n
five sheets, and bears the number 
T h e deceased 
hetep was a singer in the ‘Temple 
of 
at Thebes, and 
her papyrus is remarkable among the illustrated papyri. 
It 
contains Chapters 
168 
A, 
a H y m n to the setting sun, 
and a hymn to Osiris, which is commonly called Chapter 
182 
; 
all these are printed in the present volume. 
It is a remarkable 
fact that Chapter 
has its equivalent in the text inscribed within 
the Pyramid of Unas, lines 
379 
t o
399, 
and its appearance 
along with Chapters of the Theban Recension goes to prove 
that portions of the earliest religious texts were made into 
“Chapters” and then incorporated with others of a much later 
T h e vignettes of the papyrus are as remarkable as 
the texts which it contains they are figured by Naville, 
buch, 
Bd. 
I, 
187, 
and 
208. 
This papyrus may be 
assigned t o the XXth dynasty. about B. 
C. 
VI. 
T
HE PAPYRUS 
O F
This papyrus was found at 
Thebes, and was acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum 
in 
It 
measures 
47 
ft. 
in., by 
I 
ft. 
2 
in. wide 
it is 
mounted under glass in twenty-two sheets, and bears the number 
T h e deceased Nekht was a “real royal scribe”, 
I
. 
See 
Naville, 
Einleitung, 
p. 
59. 
See 
Naville, 
Einleitung, 
p. 59. 
3. 
See 
de 
Travaux, 
tom. 
IV, p. 4 3 ; this Chapter has been 
dis- 
cussed 
at 
length by Erman, 
Bd. 
XXXII, p. 
3 .

---

T H E BOOK 
OF 
T H E DEAD. 
and he 
“overseer of the bowmen of the lord of the two 
his wife’s name was T h u a u
T h e papyrus contains a large number of well- 
written Chapters, and nicely painted vignettes, but a detailed 
account of it is unnecessary here. 
T h e only text from 
ed in this volume is the 
t o
which 
is found o n sheet 
21. 
T h i s papyrus may be assigned t o the XXth dynasty. 
VII. 
T h e Papyrus of a person whose n a m e is not given. 
T h i s papyrus was found at Thebes, and was acquired by the 
Trustees of the British Museum in 
It measures 
15 
ft. 
in., by 
in. 
; 
it is mounted under glass in seven sheets, 
and it bears the number 
T h e central portion 
of the 
papyrus is filled with the picture of a hall having a door at 
end. T h e space between the ceiling and floor is divided 
into three parts 
; 
in the first and third of these is a series of 
short addresses t o personages in four sections 
of the underworld, 
and in the second division is a series of vignettes illustrating them. 
These texts are printed in the present volume as Chapter 
168. 
T h e papyrus opens with a vignette in which the deceased is 
seen standing in adoration at a table of offerings i n the presence 
of Osiris 
; 
on a standard, before the god, are the four children 
of Horus, and behind him is Heru-netch-tef. T h e text which 
accompanies this vignette reads 
:- 

---