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The passage
is a narrow tunnel that permitted
to reach the Osireion. Merenptah decorated the right wall of
this hall with
a complete version of the Book of Gates and the left
wall with the Book of Caverns (Hornung, 2007). The photos come from a booklet bought there at Abydos.
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The 11st hour in the Book of Gates (cf for example Hornung, 2007): on the left, the face of Re is dragged in a boat so that the deaths can see the god's face. On the right, the solar boat where Re is accompanied with the Sia and Heka gods. The cabin is surrounded with the protective snake mehen.. Below, the file of the rowers of the boat, preceded by the hours goddesses. |
Click here to see a part of the 12th hour.
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End scene
of the
12th hour in
the Book of
Gates :
Noun sustains the boat of Re who is represented like a scarab, surrounded with Isis and Nephtys.
(Hornung, 2007). |