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Egyptian body magic

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Ok.  I'm going to talk through this and the next two stages (from the papyrus of Khonshu-mes).  Sorry about the title I couldn't think of anything better.

 

It's from a papyrus written in the 21st Dyn. in Thebes for the priest Khonshu-mes.  It is one of the so-called mythological papyri which were produced in this late period which consist of almost entirely illustrations with little or no text. 

 

We are starting in the West which means the body.  With death and mummification.  Sorry the pic is a bit blurred but I probs with the image capture and getting it big enough.  I'll go through what it shows and try to explain what it means in subsequent posts.  Questions welcome (but please try to stay on topic if at all possible). 

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The 'object' 2nd from the right  ( to the left of the far  right figure  ... a skin and ...  ?  )  looks interesting  .   Looks like a nome 'totem'  ?  

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