TAA i.2.4.5a

Page number
4
Caption
Page of TAA i.2.4.1-25 (5th Season)
Creator
Date of creation
23 October 1926
Material
Ink
Paper
Pencil
Measurements
33.0 x 21.0 cm (h x w)
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
Notes

Notes on this page refer to text on (facing) page 5.

Transcription

Notes

 

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Head of the Meht-writ Cow, which in all probability is a

figurative form of the goddess Hathor as 'Mistress of Amentit',

of 'the Land of Sunset', <Mistress of Ta zesert (the Sacred Land)>, called "The Eye of Re', who receives in

her Mountain of the West the Setting Sun and the dead.

 

Erman Vol.

p. 69. [ 𓂀  ] Mt-wRt heavenly cow

p. 16. [ 𓂀  ], Rt Rʿ, name of Hathor (the Eye of Re)

cf. Erman, Eg. Religion, pp. 12, 18, and 31.

Pap. Ani. pl. 8,, Chap. 17. [ 𓂀  ] sic  Le page Renouf p. 12. the great cow "Meh-writ, the Eye of Ra"

with the flail and with the symbol Menat round the neck.

 

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"Emblems of the dark world under the Earth, to which the Sun sinks in the West,

and where also the dead belong"