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VESTIBULE – WALL 3

(26)

Wall 3 of the vestibule shows, from left to right, Prince Khaemwaset and the god Ptah-Sokar-Osiris (29).
The bottom half of this wall is severely damaged.

(30) shows the god Ptah-Sokar-Osiris.
The god is depicted with green skin, a beard, a blue tripartite wig with black strands of hair and a uraeus.
The tripartite wig is bordered with a yellow band on the forehead.
The tails of the wig end, as usual, in a yellow band with horizontal red lines.
The god is wearing a crown with two bent feathers resting on a pair of twisted horizontal yellow and green horns.
Each feather has five colours: yellow, blue, green, blue and red.
At both ends of the horns a uraeus is shown, topped with a yellow disk, while in the centre of the crown a red rising sun is depicted.
Some Egyptologists call this the Anedjti crown, while others call it the Henu crown. French Egyptologists call it ‘la couronne Tjèni’ or ‘la couronne Hénou’.
The most common name used in publications is the two feathers crown or the double feathers crown.
The god holds the green was sceptre in his left hand (29).
To the right of the crown, the name and epithet of the god are placed in two columns of hieroglyphs, which state ‘Words spoken by Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, who resides in Shetyt‘ (29).
(31) is a close-up of the two columns of hieroglyphs.

(32) and (33) show Prince Khaemwaset, who holds a sceptre and the feathered khu-fan in his left hand, while with his right hand he greets the god Geb, who is depicted on wall 4 (26).
The bottom half of this scene is severely damaged.
(34) is a detail of the head of the prince wearing the typical children’s hairstyle.
The name and title of the prince are placed above his head in two columns of hieroglyphs, stating ‘The sem-priest of Ptah, the great one, (who is) south of his wall, Lord of Ankh-tawi, the king’s son, Khaemwaset, true of voice‘ (32).
Ankh-tawi means Memphis.
(35) is a close-up of the two columns of hieroglyphs.

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