"Dér el Medineh- Tomb and Mortuary Chapel of the Theban Official Sen-Nezem.", Egypt

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Archival Repository: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

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Scope and Contents: Thebes -- Dér el Medineh- Tomb and Mortuary[,] Chapel of the Theban Official Sen-Nezem. -- Sen-[,]Nezem and his wife Ai-nafert appear here adoring[,] two rows of Gods, who are seated within a[,] pavilion with a cobra-frieze. Above are the jackal[,] guardians of the tomb, with a small lotus-[,]crowned jar between; while over all is the ring[,] of infinity, the sign for water, and the red vase[,] with a sacred eye on either side. The Deities,[,] who are all seated on Maat, Goddess of Truth,[,] are not named individually. Horus or Ra, the[,] head of the lower row, is followed by three[,] pairs of male and female deities alternately.[,] Osiris leads the upper row and behind him are[,] three red-faced Gods with two green-faced[,] Goddesses between. The three horizontal lines[,] of inscription seen between the two rows of the[,] deities is a part of a hymn to the Setting Sun[,] included in chapter 15., B. 3, of the Book of[,] the Dead.; CARTE POSTALE. Published by A. GADDIS & SONS -- LUXOR

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