Identification
Title | Tuna el-Gebel Gallery C B-2 |
Type | Astronomical Representation |
Decan List Family | AR1 |
EAT3 Number and Name | 43 Hermopolis D |
EAT3 Pages and Plates | 58-59, no plates or figures |
EAT3 Decan List Family | Senmut |
Publications | Projekt Tuna el-Gebel, Schlüter (2015) |
Location | In situ; Baboon Chamber G-C-B-2 in the animal catacombs, Tuna el-Gebel |
Date | Ptolemaic, time of Ptolemy I |
Content
Registers | 2 |
Circumpolar Group and Deities | Yes: 9 behind hippo; 7 opposite. Figures and some labels preserved. |
Planets |
Superior: only Jupiter and Saturn are present Inferior: the figure for Venus is preserved |
Decan Names | Yes |
Decanal Stars | Yes |
Personifications of the Decans | No |
Cluster Numbers | None preserved |
Depictions of Decanal Constellations | Yes |
Decanal Deity Names | Yes |
Decanal Deity Figures | No |
Lunar Months | No |
Civil Months | No |
Nut | No |
Notes
This ceiling is very damaged and no photos are currently available. A line drawing is presented in Schlüter (2015).
Schematic
Legend for Schematic | |
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C | Circumpolar group of constellations |
A | Circumpolar attendant deities |
D | Decans |
P | Planets |
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
The list gives an approximate layout for how the decans, deities, and figures (in bold) are arranged. Only two areas survive, one from the extreme right of the original layout and one from the left (with traces of planets and triangle decans.
[Hapy,] Imse[ti] | ||
3 Xry xpd knmt, 2 knmt | ||
4 HAt DAt, 5 pHwy DAt | Duamutef, Children of Horus | |
6 TmAt Hrt, 7 TmAt Xrt | ||
Duamutef, [Hapy] | ||
[SP1 Hr-tAS-tAwy] | Planet | |
[SP2 Hr-kA-pt] |
Planet | |
A Stwy | Turtles | |
C sSp[t] | ||
The decan numbers and letters shown here are for the decan family AR1.
SP = superior planet
Grey shading = damage
[ ] = damaged text
The number of star symbols accompanying the decans is also omitted here, as it is often impossible to tell to which decan the symbols refer. EAT3 deals with star symbols in some detail.