Identification
| Title | Tomb of Sety I |
| Type | Astronomical Representation |
| Decan List Family | AR2 |
| EAT3 Number and Name | 6 Seti I C |
| EAT3 Pages and Plates | 14-16, Pl 3 and Fig 3 |
| EAT3 Decan List Family | Seti I C |
| Publications | Theban Mapping Project; Lepsius (1846) |
| Location | In situ; Ceiling of burial chamber in the tomb of Sety I, KV17, Valley of the Kings, Theban Necropolis |
| Date | 19th dynasty |
Content
| Registers | 2 |
| Circumpolar Group and Deities | Yes: 9 figures behind hippo; 11 opposite |
| Planets |
Superior: Jupiter, Saturn, Mars Inferior: Mercury, Venus |
| 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 | Yes |
| Lunar Months | No |
| Civil Months | No |
| Nut | No |
Notes
The ceiling is painted on a curved vault. The background is dark blue and the colours are well preserved. This is the earliest surviving example of Neugebauer and Parker's "Seti I C" family of decan lists. In this ceiling, the deities are shown as figures, much bigger than those normally used for the determinatives of the deity names. The deities form a procession which almost obscures the decanal constellation figure of the Boat, while in contrast the Sheep is reduced to a determinative-sized figure among the decan names.
Schematic
| Legend for Schematic | |
|---|---|
| C | Circumpolar group of constellations |
| A | Circumpolar attendant deities |
| D | Decans |
| P | Planets |
 |
Location and orientation of the circumpolar hippo |
 |
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 (x-nwt ẖt), 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, drawings, or the original. For conventions and abbreviations, see below the table.
This decan list is used as the archetype for a family of seven astronomical representations. Neugebauer and Parker call the list "the Seti I C list" and the astronomical representations which that this list "the Seti I C family". Characteristic features of the decan and planet list are: the inclusion of the superior planet Mars (SP3), the order of the Sahu decans, the writing of rmn ḥrw rather than ḥry rmn sꜣḥ, and inclusion of ḥry-ꞽb ḫntw, ꞽwn sꜣḥ, msḏr sꜣḥ, ꜣ sꜣḥ, and sꜣḥ. The other notable feature is that there are 39 ordinary decans from tpy-ꜥ knmt to spdt, plus six triangle decans.
| 1 tpy-ꜥ knmt | Geb | Human-headed god |
| 2 knmt | Ba | Ram-headed god |
| 3 ẖry ḫpd <knmt> | Pre-eminent-in-Khas | Lioness-headed goddess |
| 4 ḥꜣt ḏꜣt | Isis | Human-headed goddess |
| 5 pḥ<wy> ḏꜣt | Lady-of-Aphroditopolis | Cow-headed goddess |
| 6 ṯmꜣt ḥrt | Imseti, Hapy | Human- and baboon-headed gods |
| 7 ṯmꜣt ẖrt | Kebehsenuf | Falcon- and jackal-headed gods |
| 8 wšꜣtꞽ | Duamutef | Falcon- and jackal-headed gods |
| 9 bkꜣtꞽ | Duamutef, Kebehsenuf | Falcon- and jackal-headed gods |
| 10 tpy-ꜥ ḫntt | Duamutef, Hapy | Baboon- and jackal-headed gods |
|
11 ḫntt ḥrt 12 ḫntt ẖrt, 13 ṯms n ḫntt |
Horus Seth Horus |
Falcon-headed god Seth-headed god Falcon-headed god |
|
14 sꜣptꞽ ḫnwy 15 ḥry-ꞽb wꞽꜣ 16 sšmw |
Isis, Nephthys Seth Horus |
Two human-headed goddesses Seth-headed god Boat Falcon-headed god |
| 17 knmw | Imseti, Hapy, Duamutef, Kebehsenuf | Human-, baboon-, jackal- and falcon-headed gods |
| 19 smd, 18 tpy-ꜥ smd | Hapy, Horus | Two falcon-headed gods |
| 20 srt Sheep | Isis |
Human-headed goddess |
| 21 sꜣwy srt | Duamutef, Kebehsenuf | Jackal- and two falcon-headed gods |
|
22 ẖry ḫpd srt <23 tpy-ꜥ ꜣḫwy> |
Kebehsenuf [Duamutef, Kebehsenuf] |
Jackal- and falcon-headed gods |
| 24 ꜣḫwy | Duamutef, Kebehsenuf | Jackal- and falcon-headed gods |
| 25 bꜣwy | Imseti, Hapy | Human- and baboon-headed gods |
|
27 ḥry-ꞽb ḫntw 28 <ḫntw> ẖrw, 26 ḫntw ḥr<w> 29 ḳd |
Horus, Horus, Horus, Cluster, 4-nwt ẖt | Three falcon-headed gods |
| 30 sꜣwy ḳd |
Imseti, Hapy Kebehsenuf, Duamutef Kebehsenuf, Hapy |
Baboon-, human-, jackal- and falcon-headed gods Baboon- and jackal-headed gods |
|
34 rmn ḥrw <sꜣḥ>, 33 ꞽwn sꜣḥ 35 msḏr sꜣḥ 36 rmn ẖry sꜣḥ 37 ꜥ sꜣḥ 38 sꜣḥ |
Imseti, Hapy, Duamutef, Kebehsenuf, Eye of Horus Horus, Eye of Horus Children of Horus Eye of Horus Eye of Horus Osiris |
Jackal-, baboon-, human-, and falcon-headed gods
Sahu
|
| 39 spdt | Isis | Sopdet |
| SP1 <ḥr-tꜣš-tꜣwy rn=f> sbꜣ rsy <pt> | Planet | |
|
SP2 sbꜣ ꞽmnty ḥr-kꜣ-pt rn=f, Horus |
Planet | |
|
SP3 sbꜣ ꞽꜣbty ḥr-ꜣḫty rn=f sḳdd=f m ḫtḫt, Re |
Planet | |
| Duamutef | ||
|
A štwy Turtles |
||
| B nsrw | Imseti | |
| C sšpt | Eyes of Horus | [ ] god |
| D ꞽpsḏ | Horus | [ ] god |
| E sbšsn | [ ] god | |
| F nṯr wꜣš | [Dua]mut[ef] | Jackal-headed god |
| IP1 sbgw | Seth | Seth-headed god |
| IP2 sbꜣ ḏꜣ |
Osiris | Benu |
The decan numbers and letters shown here are for the decan family AR2.
SP = superior planet
IP = inferior planet
Grey shading = damage
< > = omitted but understood
[ ] = damaged text
( ) = explanatory notes or additional material
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.