English: Book of the Dead of Hunefer (Hw-nfr) sheet 5; the main vignette from the funerary papyrus of the Royal Scribe Hunefer illustrates the ceremonies carried out at the entrance of the tomb on the day of burial. The officiating priest, clad in a panther skin, offers incense and purifies with water as he stands beside a heap of offerings. Other priests present containers and raise ritual implements to Hunefer's mummy which is held upright by a priest wearing a jackal's mask impersonating Anubis, god of embalming. The deceased's widow Nasha laments before him. Behind is a round topped funerary stela containing a prayer on Hunefer's behalf, it stands before his pyramid capped tomb chapel on the west bank at Thebes. Below, officiants carry a heart and foreleg cut from a still bleating calf towards a table heaped with offerings, a chest and ritual implements laid out ready for the Opening-of-the-Mouth ceremony which, will reincorporate Hunefer's spirit into his mummified corpse and enable him to enjoy the afterlife to the full. The finely written semi-cursive hieroglyphs above the vignette are the text of Chapter 23 of the 'Book of the Dead' containing ritual utterances for the ceremony.
The beginning of Chapter 17, a text so obscure in content that the Egyptians themselves added explanatory glosses. In the accompanying vignettes Hunefer is depicted leaving the sign for "the West" in two directions, indicating his ability to roam at will in the afterlife. The scene showing him seated in a booth playing the board game senet is partly to ensure his continued enjoyment of a favourite leisure pursuit, but also has an underlying funerary significance: victory probably symbolized the overcoming of any obstacles which prevented entry to the afterlife.
ترخيص
هذه الصورة هي إعادة إنتاج خالصة لعمل فني ثنائي الأبعاد وبالتالي فلا يمكن أن يكون لها حقوق نشر وتأليف بنفسها في الولايات المتحدة حسب قضية مكتبة فنون بريدجمان ضد شركة كورل؛ المسألة قانونية أيضاً في العديد من الدول الأخرى، بما في ذلك ألمانيا. العمل الأصلي ثنائي الأبعاد المعروض في هذه الصورة هو محتوى حر بسبب:
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هذا العمل يقع في النَّطاق العامّ في بلد المنشأ وفي البلدان الأخرى والمناطق التي تمتدُّ فيها مدة حقوق التَّأليف والنشر لتغطي زمن حياة المُؤلِّف و 100 سنةً بعد وفاته أو أقل من ذلك.
يقع هذ العمل في النَّطاق العامِّ في الولايات المُتحدة الأمريكيَّة لأنَّه نُشِرَ (أو سُجِّل لدى مكتب الولايات المُتحدة لحقوق التَّأليف والنَّشر) قبل ١ يناير ١٩٢٩.