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REAR ANNEX - WALL 26

(26)

For a complete view of wall 26, from right to left, click on (198) (202) and (206) consecutively.

(198) shows Pharaoh Ramesses III on the right and the god Horus-Khenty-Khety on the left.
Ramesses III is wearing a blue khepresh and is holding an incense burner in his left hand (200).
The pharaoh is holding a yellow vase in his right hand, with which he pours a libation.
To the left of pharaoh’s head are his two cartouches, stating ‘Lord of the Two Lands, User-Ma’at-Ra Mery-Amun, Lord of Appearances, Ramesses, Ruler of Heliopolis, true of voice’.
(199) shows a close-up of the belt and apron of Ramesses III.
(200) shows a close-up of the pharaoh’s head, his left arm and his two cartouches.
The god Horus-Khenty-Khety has the appearance of a man with the head of a falcon (198).
He is holding in his left hand a was sceptre and in his right hand an ankh.
The god is wearing a blue tripartite wig and a tunic.
A large red disk is depicted above the head of Horus- Khenty-Khety.
The upward-facing head of a uraeus can be seen to the right of the red disk, while the body of the snake is wrapped around the top of the red disk, with the tail hanging down to the left of the red disk (201).
(201) shows a close-up of the head of Horus- Khenty-Khety.
To the right of the red disk, above the head of the god, a hieroglyphic column is depicted, stating ‘Words spoken by Horus-Khenty-Khety’.
Below the left hand of Horus- Khenty-Khety, a hieroglyphic column is depicted, stating ‘I give you perpetuity as King and eternity as Ruler of the Two Lands’ (198).

(202) shows from right to left the god Horus- Khenty-Khety, Pharaoh Ramesses III and the god Shepsi.
Ramesses is wearing a white hedjet with a frontal uraeus (204).
Ramesses is holding a green incense burner in his left hand and a yellow vase in his right, with which he pours a libation.
To the left of the white crown are the two cartouches with the nomen and praenomen of the pharaoh, stating ‘Lord of the Two Lands, User-Ma’at-Ra Mery-Amun, Lord of Appearances, Ramesses, Ruler of Heliopolis’ (204).
(203) shows a close-up of the belt and apron of Ramesses III.
(204) shows a close-up of the head, the left arm and the two cartouches of Ramesses.
On the left is the god Shepsi, who has the appearance of a human being (202).
The god is wearing a short blue wig, held in place by a golden headband.
In his left hand he carries a was sceptre and in his right hand an ankh.
A yellow disk and a yellow crescent moon are depicted above the god’s head (205).
To the right of the yellow disk is a hieroglyphic column with the text: ‘Words spoken by Shepsi, the great god’.
To the right of the was sceptre of the god Shepsi is a hieroglyphic column with the text: ‘I give you the Sed-festivals of Ra and the years of Atum’ (202).
(205) shows a close-up of Shepsi’s head.

(206) shows the god Shepsi on the right and Pharaoh Ramesses III on the left.
Ramesses wears the red deshret crown of Lower Egypt and stands with his arms raised as a sign of worship.
To the left of Ramesses’ crown are his two cartouches with the nomen and praenomen of the pharaoh.
To the left of Ramesses’ cartouches is a hieroglyphic column, stating ‘It is the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, royal Osiris, Lord of the Two Lands, User-Ma’at-Ra Mery-Amun, son of Ra, Lord of Appearances, Ramesses, Ruler of Heliopolis, true of voice, beloved of Osiris, foremost of the divine booth’.
(207) shows a close-up of the belt and apron of Ramesses III.
(207B) shows a close-up of the head and both arms of the pharaoh.

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