File:BD Ankh, Djed, and Sun.jpg
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Published by James Wasserman; facsimile made by E. A. Wallis Budge; original artist unknown |
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English: Facsimile of a vignette from the Book of the Dead of Ani. The sun disk of the god Ra is raised into the sky by an ankh-sign (signifying life) and a djed-pillar (signifying stability and the god Osiris) while adored by Isis, Nephthys, and baboons. The motif symbolizes rebirth and the sunrise. |
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| Date | Book published 1994; facsimile created 1890; original artwork created c. 1300 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Scanned from The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day by James Wasserman et al. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 23:58, 3 July 2010 | | 1,338 × 1,917 (1.61 MB) | A. Parrot | {{Information |Description={{en|1=Facsimile of a vignette from the Book of the Dead of Ani. The sun disk of the god Ra is raised into the sky by an ankh-sign (signifying life) and a djed-pillar (signifying stability and the god Osiris) while adored by Isi |
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