TAA i.3.1.2

Page number
2
Caption
Note for scientific publication on boats
Creator
Date of creation
c. 1923-1939
Material
Paper
Pencil
Measurements
18.0 x 12.3 cm (h x w)
Notes

Handwritten notes on Le Page Renouf's Egyptian Book of the Dead: Translation and Commentary (1904) with reference to boats.

Transcription

                    Le Page Renouf (B. of D.)

Look-out on ships Pl. III. p. 30.

The Rising Sun Cynocephalus ape adoring/<saluting>

the sun's disk supported by an Ankh with human 

arms, standing upon a ded symbol. with a 

goddess on either side. From Chap. XVI (B. of D.)
Pa The Rising and the Setting of the Sun


Pl. IV p. 34. The two goddesses say, "I am
<(R. side).> thy sister Isis", <(Left side).> I am thy sister Nephthys."
The ded symbol is a symbol of both Osiris 

and of the East. The sign Ankh (which 

primarily means rise up) rises out of Tat

and with its human hands proceeding 

from it raises up the sun.