TAA i.3.1.11

Page number
11
Caption
Note for scientific publication on boats
Creator
Date of creation
c. 1923-1939
Material
Paper
Pencil
Measurements
22.8 x 17.8 cm (h x w)
Notes

Handwritten notes on sepulchral deities, page 1.

Transcription

                                                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