may 17, 1275 BC - Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer
Description:
Date: 1,275 BCEArtist: unkown
Medium: Painted Papyrus Scroll
Location:
original: Egypt
current: British Museum, London
Function:
- to prove to the people of Egypt that Hu-Nefer was able to pass to the afterlife after getting himself judged
- Book of the Dead
- god Osiris, Anubis, Thoth
Form:
- drawings and painting on papyrus scroll, a reed that grew in the Nile Delta
Comparison:
- Bayeux Tapestry
Added to timeline:
Date:
may 17, 1275 BC
Now
~ 3303 years ago