Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet
KMKG - MRAH
Inv.no. E.5043
Dating: RAMESSES II/USERMAATRE-SETEPENRE 1279-1213
Site: DEIR EL-MEDINAH
Category: PAPYRUS
Materials: PAPYRUS
Technique: PAINTED, DOVETAIL (JOINT)

Height: 25 cm
Length: 1385 cm

Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet
Beginning in the New Kingdom, the Egyptians customarily placed in their tombs funerary texts taken from the 'Book of the Dead'. They were written on shrouds, tomb walls, funerary objects (such as shabtis or scarabs), and above all on papyrus rolls which were wrapped with the mummy. The 'Book of the Dead' of the sculptor Neferrenpet dates from c. 1250 BC, and the texts are written in so-called 'cursive hieroglyphs' in vertical columns; they are accompanied by 'vignettes' (illustrations) which emphasize their magical content. The deceased was supposed to recite the formulae to counteract the dangers of the Hereafter.