#ba-bird

[paulpingminho]

[theancientwayoflife]

~Cartonnage panel of ba-bird. Culture: Egyptian Period: Hellenistic period, Ptolemaic Dynasty Date: 332–30 B.C.

[amntenofre]

detail from the highly sacred "Book of the Earth", I part, IV register, that is the Cosmogonic Text known as the "Book of Aker": detail from the first scene, "the Passage through the Cavern of Nun"; from the "House of Eternity" of King Ramses V and King Ramses VI, KV9, Valley of the Kings, west 'Uaset'-Thebes. Seven 'Ba'-birds (with their human heads facing backwards) towing the sacred barque of Ra (at right, not visible here) towards the Cavern of Nun (at left, not visible here). Each of the 'Ba'-birds is called "He Who tows" (sṯ3y , as written in hieroglyphs at right of each image)

[amntenofre]

scene from the stele of Osoroéri (Wsjr-wr), priest of Amon at 'Uaset'-Thebes, III century BCE; now in the Louvre Museum... two images of the 'Ba'-soul of Osoroéri (depicted as a human-headed bird wearing a necklace with the 'Ankh') making adorations to Ra represented in His form of sacred scarab; on the top, the Winged Solar Orb (Horus of Behdet) with the hanging Uraei (at left Nekhbet with the White Crown, and at right Outo with the Red Crown). Below, two images of Upuaut (at left Upuaut of Upper Egypt and at right Upuaut of Lower Egypt) in His form of black jackal crouching, wearing a red ribbon around the neck and with the Flail and the 'sekhem'-scepter

[amntenofre]

stela of the "Chantress of Amon" Takhae: "Hathor Lady of Amente (the Netherworld)" emerging from the sacred sycamore tree and pouring a libation of water and giving bread to Lady Takhae; under the shade of the sycamore is represented the 'Ba'-soul (depicted as a human-headed bird) of Takhae; Hathor is represented cow-headed and wearing the Solar disk with two feathers. XIX Dynasty; now in the Museum of Florence ...

[archaicwonder]

Egyptian Bronze Ba-Bird Figurine, Roman Imperial Period, 2nd Century AD

The falcon body has the human head of a pharaoh. He wears the double-crown of which only the red crown of Lower Egypt is preserved, the upper part is missing.  He also wears a broad collar with a wedjat eye pendant.

Please see this article for more info on the Ba-bird.