TAA i.3.1.11
Handwritten notes on sepulchral deities, page 1.
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
Notes (1)
Sepulchral deities, Osiris, Anubis, and the Goddess of the West.
p. 18 Duat ([ 𓂀 ]) is Netherworld, which the Egyptians conceived of
as an intricate labyrinth of interconnecting tunnels portals and
tunnels.
p 20 It is necessary to admit without hesitation that the idea of a
mystical potency inherent in the images of things is a characteristically
Egyptian conception; this is obvious in the case of the Shawabti –
figures, the model boats deposited in tombs.
p. 45 Concerned with his funeral and sepulchral existence
p 45 to be efficacious to benefit the dead man without further human
intervention
p. 46 the closing of the burial chamber marked the beginning of a new
phase in the existence of the dead king, who, as we must never
forget, was regarded as immortal.
p. 46-47 Voyage to Abydos (= the funerary pilgrimage.) "Coming in
peace from Abydos, the god resting on the great seat, ..."
Midships there is an ornate cabin