Breathing Permit of Hôr

Hôr (sometimes rendered as Horus or Horos) came from an important family of Theban Priests of Amon-Re in the cult of "Min who massacres his enemies".

After the death of Joseph Smith, the papyri collection was eventually split up and parts were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Some apologists in the LDS Church, notably Hugh Nibley and John Gee, argue that the source of the Book of Abraham was appended to the end of this scroll, after the Breathing Permit.

1 (derived from JSP I) is unique,[14][15] these differences are superficial, and not significant enough to indicate that they are anything other than a representation of an Egyption re-animation scene from the Book of Breathing Made by Isis.

[16][17][13][1]: 268 The official position taken by the LDS Church on the papyri is that "Mormon and non-Mormon Egyptologists agree that the characters on the fragments do not match the translation given in the book of Abraham".

[7] Given this, some Mormon apologists have postulated that the Book of Abraham manuscript was appended to the end of this scroll, and is no longer extant.

[18] John Taylor wrote in a church newspaper that Joseph Smith stated he would produce more "extracts from the Book of Abraham".

Egyptologist Marc Coenen stated, "Concluding that a record of Abraham or any other text foreign to Ptolemaic Egyptian funerary and/or liturgical practice was once attached to the Smith papyri is an assertion not based upon widely accepted Egyptological analysis.

"[1] After examining the evidence, Egyptologist Robert Ritner said, "There can be no question of any 'lost' section of the papyrus that contained an ancient text composed by Abraham, since [Joseph Smith] claims and depicts the Ptolemaic vignette as his own addition (Facsimile 1)".

Baer wrote: "Just before this paper went to press, Professor Nibley was kind enough to show me the original papyri at Brigham Young University.

Four canopic jars are shown below the figures, which have lids representing the four sons of Horus, Imset, Hapi, Qebeh-senuwef, and Duwa-mutef.

[8]: 118  Michael D. Rhodes says this interpretation is unlikely because in all other conception scenes the reclining figure is nude and in this one he appears to be wearing a kilt.

[1]: 171 The culminating vignette, also known as facsimile #3, is the presentation of Hor to the Egyptian god of death and rebirth Osiris (seated), and his wife Isis (standing) after having been judged worthy to continue existence.

[8]: 126  The presentation of the deceased to Osiris is a common scene in Egyptian funerary literature, and has its antecedent in chapter 125 of the earlier Book of the Dead.

Isis has a sun disk between two cows horns above her head, and in her hand is a symbol of life called an Ankh.

Anubis is typically portrayed with a jackal's head to include spiked ears, narrow eyes and long snout.

Section of the breathing permit used to make Facsimile 1
Reconstruction of the remaining fragments of the "Breathing Permit" of Hor (Book of Breathing for Horos) read from right to left. Facsimile 3 is believed to be the end of the "Breathing Permit", and hence the end of the scroll. There are about two columns of missing text from the Breathing Permit after Fragment B.
Printing Plate for Facsimile #3, the closing vignette of the Breathing Permit. The original papyri this was based on no longer exists.
JSP XI, the second fragment in the Breathing Permit
JSP Papyri Fragment X, the third papyri fragment of the Breathing Permit
Atef crown worn by Osiris
Anubis from the original printing plate, where it appears that the nose was scraped off. [ 30 ]
Translation of Book of Abraham Facsimile #3. The translation was done by LDS Church scholar Michael Rhodes [ 28 ] [ page needed ]