Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156a-c_transp1708_SL3.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156a-c_detail_SL3.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.47.218.156a_IMLS_PS5.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156a-c_bw_SL1.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.47.218.156d_view01_042821.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156a-d_transp3597_SL3.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.47.218.156a-d_wwgA-2.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.47.218.156d_IMLS_PS5.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156_negA-1_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156_negA-2_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156_negA_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156_negA-3_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156_negB-2_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156_negB-1_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156_negF_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156_negC-2_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.156_negC-1_bw_ILMS.jpg)
Scene from a Magical Papyrus, 664–525 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, c: Object: 29 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (76.1 × 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.156a-d (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.47.218.156d_view01_121020.jpg)
The standing winged creature seen here is known as the nineheaded Bes figure, a divine protector of the birth of the king and of the sun. This form of Bes was closely associated with the evening and the night part of the solar cycle. He thus also played an important role as guardian of sleeping women and children, particularly against the dangers of the night, represented here by the noxious creatures contained in the oval upon which he stands. The firebrands that surround him represent destructive forces directed at anyone who approaches.