Funerary papyrus, 1070-712 BCE, 9 5/8 x 39 3/16 in. (24.4 x 99.5 cm), Papyrus, Egypt, 11th-8th century BCE, Funerary papyri like this one, containing potent magical images, were placed in tombs to enable the deceased to be reborn in the afterlife as a god. On the right side of the divided papyrus, the priest Djedkhonsuiufankh (pronounced 'jed-CON-su-yu-eff-ONK' and meaning 'the god Khonsu says he shall live') raises his hands in adoration and offers burning incense to the god Osiris. Because he is a priest, his head is shaved and he wears immaculate white linen garments. Osiris appears in the form of a mummy; his black skin color refers to the fertile black Nile river mud with its promise of new life. Between them is a table heaped high with funerary offerings: loaves of bread, onions, a bunch of grapes, and three lotus flowers.