Ritner concludes that the Hor papyrus is a funerary Breathing Permit, and that neither its Egyptian wording nor its illustrations carry Smith’s Abraham narrative and explanations. He argues that the manuscript and facsimile links identify this papyrus as Smith’s source, while comparable texts and the reconstruction of the scroll leave no basis for an additional Abraham narrative on it.
- Robert K. Ritner, “The "Breathing Permit of Hôr" Thirty-four Years Later,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 33, no. 4 (2000): 97–119.
- Robert K. Ritner, ““The Breathing Permit of Hôr” Among the Joseph Smith Papyri,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 62, no. 3 (2003): 161–180.
- Robert K. Ritner, The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri: A Complete Edition (Signature Books, 2013).
The true content of this papyrus concerns only the afterlife of the deceased Egyptian priest Hor.