The scribe whose famous Book of the Dead papyrus is now in the British Museum was Ani.
The Papyrus of Ani was created for Ani, a Theban royal scribe, around 1250 BCE during Egypt’s Nineteenth Dynasty. It is an individualized Book of the Dead manuscript, containing spells and richly colored scenes intended to protect Ani and guide him through the afterlife.
The scroll is especially famous for its depiction of the Weighing of the Heart. In the scene, Anubis attends the scales, Ani’s heart is measured against the feather of Ma’at, and the ibis-headed god Thoth records the result. Ani is shown with his wife, Tutu, in several sections of the manuscript.
The papyrus is now held by the British Museum in London, where it is regarded as one of the finest surviving examples of an Egyptian Book of the Dead. Hunefer is another important New Kingdom scribe associated with a famous papyrus, but his manuscript is distinct from Ani’s.