Papyrus Bookmark - Nephtys painted
painted bookmark 5 cm x 19 cm in protective cover and decorative ribbon
PGI bookmark
made of hand laid papyrus, manufactured in Egypt
silk-screen printed motif, cut edge
Nephtys motif
Nephtys is a goddess of birth and death in Egyptian mythology, who also represents the goddess Nut in her appearance. In the pyramid texts she was considered the "Goddess of the South".
Nephthys is depicted as a standing woman. Like her twin sister Isis, she also wears the hieroglyphs of her name on her head: the signs for Lord(in) and House. On coffins she appears in human form with outstretched wings, but in the Osiris myth she appears as a bird of prey. Some depictions show the deity suckling the king.
In the Nine of Heliopolis she is the daughter of Nut and Geb and sister of Osiris, Seth and Isis. However, she was also the wife of Seth, although no children resulted from this union. According to the Osiris myth, she wished to have a child by Osiris and he fathered the child Anubis with her.
Like her sister Isis, she was considered a goddess of the dead. She helped Isis find the dismembered body of Osiris and embalm it. Both mourned over the dead in the form of kites. She accompanied the dead into the afterlife and mourned them.
Nephtys is also considered the goddess of magic and divination. Together with Isis, Neith and Selket, she is one of the four tutelary goddesses of the sons of Horus and canopic protector. She protects the canopic of Hapi, in which the lungs of the deceased are kept.
Our papyrus offer
We offer bright, hand-laid natural papyrus from Egypt. From the size of a bookmark, over A4 and A3 up to oversizes of 92 x 192 cm, as well as various papyrus rolls, you are sure to find the right papyrus sheet. The design possibilities with papyrus are manifold. It can be inscribed with hieroglyphics or painted with various motifs. Tempera or watercolours, ink or felt-tip pens are suitable; it can even be printed with an inkjet printer.
Papyrus is a natural product
In the Nile Delta, papyrus leaves are still produced in the traditional way. Families in the countryside harvest the papyrus stems, which can grow up to 6 metres high, and process the raw material into papyrus leaves with great skill. Carefully crafted papyri are produced in several steps, which always have an individual, handcrafted character.
The history
Papyrus has been produced and used as a writing material in Ancient Egypt since the 3rd millennium BC. It was always a highly valued product whose sole marketing rights lay with the Pharaoh. The German word "Papier" goes back to the Greek word "pápyros", which in turn is based on the ancient Egyptian word "pa-en-per-aa", which roughly means "the pharaoh's".
If papyrus is stored in a dry place, it has a very long life. Thus, papyrus scrolls or fragments that provided information about life in Ancient Egypt were and are still being found. The most famous papyrus scrolls are probably the Herculaneum Papyri, which were buried and preserved by the massive eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Another 400,000 papyri from the ancient Egyptian Oxyrhynchus are still waiting to be deciphered and will once again bring much of interest to light. Julius Caesar is probably responsible for the greatest loss of knowledge in history. His soldiers set fire to the library of Alexandria, destroying thousands of important papyrus manuscripts.
Fair trade with Egypt
PGI buys Egyptian products directly from the producer. This allows us to bypass traders' stations and offer our customers favourable prices. But the Egyptian producers also benefit from this direct marketing, they achieve much higher prices for their products. We regularly visit our partners in Egypt and discuss the upcoming needs on site.
Instructions for painting papyrus