TAA i.12.22
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THE INNERMOST TREASURY.
In the north eastern corner of the Burial Chamber was the
Innermost Treasury – a comparatively small and low ceilinged
room. I will now show you what it contained:
THE JACKAL-DOG ANUBIS.
133|908. ANUBIS UPON HIS PYLON.
The vigilant wathchersic over the dead. His position
in the doorway enabled him to watch over the Burial
Chamber and its occupant, while he also guarded his
domain the “Treasury of the Innermost”.
134|917. THE JACKAL-LIKE-DOG UNWRAPPED.
THE CANOPIC EQUIPMENT.
135|929. THE CANOPIC CANOPY AND CHEST.
Note:- From an ancient myth and from the logical procedure in
mummification came a peculiar conception: the viscera were removed from
the body and place<d> in the charge of four genii, IMSETY, HEPY, DUAMUTEF and
QEBEHSNEWEF, who were again guarded by their respective goddesses, ISIS,
NEPHTHYS, NEITH and SELKIT, whose actual spirits they were <(x)>. Hensesic after
the mummy, its coffins, sarcophagus, and shielding shrines, the most important
appurtenance <of the Tomb> was the Canopic Equipment. Here, as you will see, this equip-
ment, with its protective goddesses, is in keeping both in richness and in
glory the exalted station of its owner.
136|930. ISIS
137|933. NEPTHYS
138|935. NEITH
139|939. SELKIT