This is the second piece in a collection of 87 pieces inspired by, PANTHEON EGYPTIEN : Collection des personnages mythologiques de l'ancienne egypte, d'apres les monuments, avec un texte explicatif Champollion's Panthéon Égyptien was originally published in a sequel of fifteen livraisons, the main part between 1823 and 1825, in different versions, therefore the structure and the content differ in most copies. The illustrations were made and vividly watercolored by Léon-Jean-Joseph Dubois (illustrator and lithographer, also an archaeologist and curator at the Louvre museum), and eventually, 90 plates were published out of the 200 planned by Champollion. The plates of divine representations are accompanied by a legend in hieroglyphs and sometimes in hieratic script. In the corresponding text, Champollion offers the translations of the various names of the deities, an analysis of their respective roles, and provides references to classical authors and Greco-Latin mythology.
