Identification
Title | Ceiling Block (Medinet Habu) |
Type | Astronomical Representation |
EAT3 Number and Name | 18 Ramses III B |
EAT3 Pages and Plates | 27-28 and Fig 5 |
EAT3 Decan List Family | Unknown |
Publications | Nelson and Hoelscher (1929) |
Location | Loose block orginally (says EAT3) from the ceiling of the Second Hypostyle Hall, Medinet Habu, Theban Necropolis |
Date | 20th dynasty |
Content
Registers | ? |
Circumpolar Group and Deities | Only part of the circumpolar group is preserved |
Planets | None preserved |
Decan Names | None preserved |
Decanal Stars | None preserved |
Personifications of the Decans | None preserved |
Cluster Numbers | None preserved |
Depictions of Decanal Constellations | None preserved |
Decanal Deity Names | None preserved |
Decanal Deity Figures | None preserved |
Lunar Months | Yes, a fragment is preserved |
Civil Months | None preserved |
Nut | Probably not |
Notes
Only the area in the immediate vicinity of the Hippo remains.
Schematic
The existing parts are consistent with the ceiling having had the same layout as Ramesseum (Second Hypostyle Hall) and the better preserved ceiling at Medinet Habu.
Decan List
Not preserved.