Art, Symbol & Imagination
Funeral Processions: Mourners and the Mummy Sledge
The upper procession surrounds a shrine and funerary boat, while the lower scene shows oxen and attendants drawing a mummy towards its final resting place. Tirard labels them as two separate figures from different papyrus sources. Their paired format compares the human mourners with the practical transport of the dead.
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Illustrator not identified. "Funeral Processions: Mourners and the Mummy Sledge" [editorial title]. In The Book of the Dead, H. M. Tirard. 1910 edition. The curated reading copy omits Édouard Naville’s separately signed introduction; Tirard’s own preface, main text, illustrations and original index are retained., 1910, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Source scan leaf 32. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0039-0022
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Illustrator not identified. Funeral Processions: Mourners and the Mummy Sledge. The Book of the Dead. Scan leaf 32. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0039-0022