Identification
| Title | Tuna el-Gebel Gallery C (C-2) |
| Type | Astronomical Representation |
| Decan List Family | AR1 |
| EAT3 Number and Name | 41 Hermopolis B |
| EAT3 Pages and Plates | 10-12, Pl 1 (northern half), EAT 1 Pl 24 (southern half), Pl 25 (photograph) |
| EAT3 Decan List Family | Senmut |
| Publications | Gabra (1939), Kessler (1998), Projekt Tuna el-Gebel, Schlüter (2015) |
| Location | In situ; Baboon Chamber G-C-C-2 in the animal catacombs, Tuna el-Gebel |
| Date | Ptolemaic, time of Ptolemy I |
Content
| Registers | 2 |
| Circumpolar Group and Deities | Yes: no figures behind hippo preserved; 7 preserved opposite |
| Planets |
Superior: Jupiter, Saturn, (Mars area not preserved but presumably omitted) Inferior: neither preserved |
| Decan Names | Yes |
| Decanal Stars | Yes |
| Personifications of the Decans | No |
| Cluster Numbers | Yes |
| Depictions of Decanal Constellations | Yes |
| Decanal Deity Names | Yes |
| Decanal Deity Figures | No |
| Lunar Months | No |
| Civil Months | No |
| Nut | No |
Notes
Although this astronomical representation is Ptolemaic, it strongly resembles the earliest designs. Only a small part of each of the two registers is preserved.
Schematic
| Legend for Schematic | |
|---|---|
| C | Circumpolar group of constellations |
| A | Circumpolar attendant deities |
| D | Decans |
| P | Planets |
| Damage | |
 |
Location and orientation of the circumpolar hippo (not present here, but would be on the left, facing right) |
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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, cluster labels (in transliteration), and decanal figures (in bold) are arranged. However, the only way of perceiving the complete layout and orthography of the labels is by consulting photographs or drawings.
| 30 xAw | Children of Horus |
8-nwt Xt |
| 33 Xry rmn sAH | Children of Horus, 35 <sAH>, Osiris | Sahu |
| Stars of Sahu |
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| 31 art, 32 Hry rmn sAH | Children of Horus, Eye <of Horus> | |
| 36 spdt | Isis | Sopdet |
| SP1 Hr-tAS-tAwy rn=f rsy pt sbA | Planet | |
| SP2 Hr-kA-pt DA pt iAbty s[bA] | Planet | |
The decan numbers and letters shown here are for the decan family AR1.
SP = superior planet
Grey shading = damage
< > = omitted but understood
[ ] = 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.