Identification
| Title | Tomb of Merenptah |
| Type | Astronomical Representation |
| Decan List Family | AR2 |
| EAT3 Number and Name | 13 Merneptah B |
| EAT3 Pages and Plates | 22, Pl 8 |
| EAT3 Decan List Family | Seti I C |
| Publications | Theban Mapping Project |
| Location | Ceiling of Burial Chamber J in the tomb of Merenptah, KV 8, Valley of the Kings |
| Date | 19th dynasty |
Content
| Registers | 2 |
| Circumpolar Group and Deities | Yes: traces of attendent deities are preserved |
| Planets |
Superior: Jupiter, Saturn, Mars Inferior: Mercury, Venus |
| Decan Names | Yes, originally but none is preserved |
| Decanal Stars | Yes |
| Personifications of the Decans | No |
| Cluster Numbers | None preserved |
| Depictions of Decanal Constellations | None preserved |
| Decanal Deity Names | Yes |
| Decanal Deity Figures | Yes |
| Lunar Months | No |
| Civil Months | No |
| Nut | No |
Notes
The ceiling is painted on a flat ceiling. It is heavily damaged.
Schematic
The layout is identical to that in the Tomb of Sety I, but the orientation to the cardinal points is different. The whole ceiling is damaged (not indicated on the schematic) but the plan can be discerned.
| Legend for Schematic | |
|---|---|
| C | Circumpolar group of constellations |
| A | Circumpolar attendant deities |
| D | Decans |
| P | Planets |
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Location and orientation of the circumpolar hippo |
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Indicates the starting point and directionality of list or procession of figures |
Decan List
Neugebauer and Parker compared the disposition of the figures of the decanal deities to ascertain that the decan list was the same as that in the Tomb of Sety I except that it starts at 11 xntt Hrt. No decan names are preserved, and even deity names are only preserved in the triangle.