After spending a lot of time scanning the internet for cylinder seals, I was astonished to find the same motif in the Book of the Dead. It raises an interesting question: Why would official seals from Semitic cultures have the same scene also found in the Egyptian Book of the Dead?
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Looking at the Hunefer Book of the Dead (center right in the image), the two people highlighted in blue would be Anubis presenting the deceased for judgment. To the right of the blue is Horus presenting the blameless deceased to Osiris. In the Ani version (bottom right), the highlighted blue contain... View More
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There's definitely a stylistic connection between the various seals and the Book of the Dead. Good catch.
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