Czére Andrea szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 104. (Budapest, 2006)
ÉVA LIPTAY: Between Heaven and Earth II: The Iconography of a Funerary Papyrus from the Twenty-First Dynasty (Part I.)
7 FUNERARY PAPYRUS: SECOND SCENE. BUDAPEST, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS /?j/sun-disc who at dawn will separate from the god remaining in the underworld ("Body to the earth —hi to the sky!") with whom it is now united. It refers to another ancient creation conception as well: the birth of the Sun-eve, whom the god "sends" in the first moment of creation. In the upper register of the l()th hour the birth and protection of the right and left Sun-eye (the Sun and the Moon) can be seen. Four lion-headed and four human-headed goddesses protect the Sun-eye who has creative energy (tpjt!). m The Sun-eye embodies not only the creative pow r er but also the destructive aspect, when on the eastern horizon it neutralises the enemy attacking the god. And finally, the motif conforms very well also with the serpent symbolism which runs through the Budapest papyrus. Since besides the defeat of the negative serpent that symbolises Non-existence and chaotic energies, the Amduat presents another creation conception, in the course of which the sun-god is reborn to Existence from the body of an enormous serpent representing positive energies.
