Identification
Title | Tomb of Ibi |
Type | Astronomical Representation |
Decan List Family | AR1 |
EAT3 Number and Name | Not included in EAT3 |
EAT3 Pages and Plates | Not included in EAT3 |
EAT3 Decan List Family | Not included in EAT3 but would have been placed in Senmut |
Publications | Kuhlmann (1983) |
Location | In situ; Ceiling of burial chamber R14 in the tomb of Ibi, TT 36, Asasif, Theban Necropolis |
Date | 26th dynasty, time of Psamtek I |
Content
Registers | 2 |
Circumpolar Group and Deities | Yes, the names of 5 attendant deities can be read |
Planets | Yes, part of the label of Saturn has survived |
Decan Names | Yes |
Decanal Stars | Only determinatives are noted by Kuhlmann |
Personifications of the Decans | No |
Cluster Numbers | Yes (one in the triangle) |
Depictions of Decanal Constellations | Yes (the Boat is clearly visible in Kuhlmann's photographs) |
Decanal Deity Names | Yes |
Decanal Deity Figures | No |
Lunar Months | Unknown |
Civil Months | Probably not |
Nut | No |
Notes
Most of this ceiling has fallen, leaving only the long edges and some other fragments in place. The ceiling is vaulted and the diagram was paint dark-on-light in a similar style to Senenmut's ceiling. The starry border with large sun discs embedded (not just at the corners) is reminiscent of the Tomb of Karakhamun.
Schematic
Unlike the layout in Senenmut's ceiling, the two registers are back-to-back here.
Decan List
Kuhlmann's Figure 96 gives the remaining traces of decan names (interspersed with Senenmut-like deity labels):
10 tpy-a [xntt], 11 xntt [Hrt] or 12 xntt [Xrt], 17 knmw, 20 sit , 21 sAwy sit and 22 Xry xpd srt.
The triangle area is more complete, but this must be from fallen fragments as the photographs of the chamber ceiling show traces of the superior planets and one name, but no sign of the triangle decans. The reason why A Stwy is drawn last is unexplained. A probable layout is indicated here:
Planet | ||
SP2 Hr-kA-pt DA pt iAbty sbA | Planet | |
[Im]se[ti], Xt -pw | ||
Eyes of Horus | ||
D hpds | ||
Duamutef | ||
A Stwy | ||
The decan numbers and letters shown here are for the decan family AR1.
SP = superior planet
Grey shading = damage
[ ] = damaged text