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Wall painting from the tomb of Queen Nefertari (QV66): the falcon-headed sun god Re-Horakhty enthroned with a goddess behind him, beneath columns of hieroglyphs. The tomb's walls carry Book of the Dead scenes and spells.
Queen Nefertari, wearing the vulture headdress, raises her hands in adoration on a wall of her tomb (QV66), surrounded by hieroglyphic invocations from the funerary corpus.
Funerary papyrus of Nauny, a chantress of Amun, ca. 1050 B.C., from Deir el-Bahri, Thebes (Met, 30.3.31).
Detail from Nauny's Book of the Dead: the judgment scene, with the deceased's heart weighed against the feather of Maat before Osiris (Met, 30.3.31).
Funerary Book of the Dead papyrus of Nesiamun, ca. 1070-945 B.C., said to be from Thebes (Met, 26.2.51).
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Turin Suppl.8438 Book of the Dead papyrus of Kha, a New Kingdom funerary roll with transformation, protection, and afterlife-gate spells.