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EASTERN LATERAL ANNEX - ENTRANCE E'

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The entrance to the eastern lateral annex of the vestibule lies between the right end of wall 5 and the left end of wall 6 (26).
On both ends of these walls a hieroglyphic column is depicted.
The texts on both hieroglyphic columns are identical and show the royal dedication of the tomb of Prince Khaemwaset.
On both hieroglyphic columns, a large part of the original text has been lost and some parts of the remaining text are not fully legible.
More has survived of the text of the king’s dedication at the entrance to the eastern annex than at the entrance to the western annex.
The original depiction of the winged disk of Behdet has survived in a better state above the entrance to the western annex than on the eastern annex.
When Schiaparelli and his team explored the tomb in 1903, the royal dedication had already been partially lost.
The royal dedication may be restored as follows: ‘Executed as tribute from the King, Lord of the Two Lands, User-Ma’at-Ra Mery-Amun, Lord of Appearances, Ramesses, Ruler of Heliopolis, for his son, the sem-priest of Ptah, the great one, (who is) south of his wall, Lord of Memphis, the king’s son, Khaemwaset, true of voice’.

LEFT SIDE

On the left side of the entrance to the annex, the god Horus is depicted as an Iunmutef priest (124).
The god wears a short black wig, which is bordered at the forehead with a yellow band.
In the middle of this band, a uraeus is shown.
On top of the wig lies a long blue lock of hair, which closely resembles the typical hairstyle of Prince Khaemwaset, but with a big curl at the end of the lock of hair.
The god Horus, who functions here as an Iunmutef priest, wears the typical leopard skin.
The face of the god is turned towards the vestibule, because he has to welcome the deceased prince, whom he will later introduce to the gods shown in the eastern lateral annex.
In front of the god Horus’s face is depicted a hieroglyphic column with the text: Words spoken by Horus-Iunmutef’.
During my several visits to the tomb, I encountered a dirty glass panel, which made it difficult to get a good view of the wall paintings on this side.
A large part of the paintings of the left arm and both legs of the god Horus has been lost.

RIGHT SIDE

On the right side of the entrance to the eastern lateral annex, the god Horus is also depicted as an Iunmutef priest (123).
He is depicted in nearly the same way as on the left side, with a short black wig, long blue lock of hair and yellow forehead band with uraeus.
Here too, Horus wears the typical leopard skin and his face is turned towards the vestibule.
In contrast to the painting on the left side of the entrance, where both arms of Horus-Iunmutef hang down alongside his body, in this mural the god Horus raises his right arm as a welcome gesture to the deceased prince (123).
In front of the god’s face, a hieroglyphic column is depicted, which has been largely lost.
A large part of the paintings of the left hand and the bottom part of the god Horus’s body has been lost.
During my several visits to the tomb, I encountered a dirty glass panel on this side as well, which made it difficult to get a good view of these murals.

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