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Ancient Egyptian papyrus painting of a jackal-headed god weighing a heart on a scale, with standing women and hieroglyphs in red, black and green.

Book of the Dead for the Chantress of Amun, Nauny

A painted papyrus strip shows a jackal-headed figure kneeling beside a balance scale, with two standing women in long dresses at left and a seated figure at right. Hieroglyphic columns and small registers of vignettes frame the scene in red, black, and green paint on pale ground.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1050 BCE
Medium
Papyrus, paint
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3811 × 2828 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -1045).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1930

Español: Libro de los Muertos de Nauny: escena del pesaje del corazón

Una tira de papiro pintada muestra una figura con cabeza de chacal arrodillada junto a una balanza, con dos mujeres de pie en vestidos largos a la izquierda y una figura sentada a la derecha. Columnas de jeroglíficos y registros pequeños enmarcan la escena en tinta roja, negra y verde.

Português: Livro dos Mortos de Nauny: cena da pesagem do coração

Uma tira de papiro pintada mostra uma figura de cabeça de chacal ajoelhada ao lado de uma balança, com duas mulheres em pé de vestidos longos à esquerda e uma figura sentada à direita. Colunas de hieróglifos e pequenos registros emolduram a cena em tinta vermelha, preta e verde.

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