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WESTERN LATERAL ANNEX - WALL 12

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For a complete view of this wall, from right to left, click on (115) (116) and (117) successively.
On wall 12 are depicted from right to left: Prince Khaemwaset, the god Imseti, Prince Khaemwaset, the god Hapy, Prince Khaemwaset, the god Bak and the god Horus as a child.

(115) shows Prince Khaemwaset standing facing the god Imseti.
The prince stands, with both hands raised, in adoration before Imseti.
Above the head of the prince two hieroglyphic columns are depicted, stating ‘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’.
(118) shows a close-up of the prince with raised hands.
Opposite the prince stands the god Imseti.
The god Imseti is one of the the Four Sons of Horus and is depicted with the head and body of a human.
The Four Sons of Horus all have an identical human body and an identical posture.
They also wear the same tunic and the same blue tripartite wig, necklace, armlets and anklets.
They only differ from each other because their heads are different.
Between Imseti and Khaemwaset a hieroglyphic column is depicted, which states ‘Words spoken by the honoured one before Imseti: “I’ve come to you to greet you, great one, who is in the mound” (115).

(116) shows, from right to left, the prince, the god Hapy and Prince Khaemwaset.
The prince, who stands on the right-hand side, holds a khu-fan in his left hand.
His right arm is raised towards the god Hapy as a sign of greeting.
Above the head of the prince, two hieroglyphic columns are depicted, stating ‘The sem-priest of Ptah, (who is) south of his wall, Lord of Memphis, the king’s son, Khaemwaset, true of voice’.
(121) shows a close-up of the prince, who stands to the right of the god Hapy.
In the middle of (116) stands the god Hapy.
Hapy – who is one of the Four Sons of Horus – has the body of a human and the head of a baboon.
(120) shows a close-up of the god Hapy.
Hapy wears a blue tripartite wig, which is partly covered by a white ear with red horizontal lines.
Between Khaemwaset on the right-hand side and the god Hapy in the middle of (116), a hieroglyphic column is depicted, stating ‘Words spoken by the honoured one before Duamutef: “I’ve come to greet you in order to protect your body, every day”.’
Thus, the text of the hieroglyphic column in front of Hapy states that the depicted god is Duamutef.
A thorough analysis of the wall paintings and the hieroglyphic columns in the western lateral annex shows that on wall 12 of the annex the god Hapy is depicted, although the hieroglyphic column, in front of the depiction of Hapy, mentions the god Duamutef.
It is thus obvious that the craftsmen, who created the wall paintings in the tomb, made two mistakes by placing the names of Duamutef and Hapy in the wrong hieroglyphic columns on wall 10 and wall 12.

(117) shows, from right to left, the prince, the god Bak and Horus as a child.
The prince stands, with both hands raised, in adoration before both gods.
Above the head of the prince, two hieroglyphic columns are depicted, stating ‘The sem-priest of Ptah, (who is) south of his wall, Lord of Memphis, the king’s son, Khaemwaset, true of voice’.
On the left-hand side of the prince stands the god Bak, who vaguely resembles the god Thoth.
Bak has a human body, the head of a stilt and a long pointy black beak and wears a blue tripartite wig.
(119) shows a close-up of the god Bak.
In front of the face of Bak, a hieroglyphic column is depicted, which states ‘Words spoken by Bak’.
To the left of the god Bak stands the god Horus the child.
The same god Horus the child is depicted on the right end of wall 10.
In front of the god Horus’ face, a hieroglyphic column is depicted, stating ‘Words spoken by Horus as a child’.

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