Identification
Title | Tuna el-Gebel Gallery C (A-28) |
Type | Astronomical Representation |
Decan List Family | ?AR1 |
EAT3 Number and Name | 42 Hermopolis C, central part |
EAT3 Pages and Plates | 58, Pl 27 |
EAT3 Decan List Family | Unknown, but by parallel to Gallery C (A-31), Senmut is suggested |
Publications | Projekt Tuna el-Gebel, Schlüter (2015) |
Location | In situ; Baboon Chamber G-C-A-28 in the animal catacombs, Tuna el-Gebel |
Date | Ptolemaic, time of Ptolemy I |
Content
Registers | Probably 2 |
Circumpolar Group and Deities | Only a small fragment preserved |
Planets | None preserved |
Decan Names | None preserved |
Decanal Stars | Yes |
Personifications of the Decans | ? |
Cluster Numbers | ? |
Depictions of Decanal Constellations | Yes |
Decanal Deity Names | None preserved |
Decanal Deity Figures | None preserved |
Lunar Months | ? |
Civil Months | Not expected |
Nut | ? |
Notes
This astronomical representation is the middle part of a ceiling in the animal catacombs. It is flanked by two decanal processions which contain decan names which follow a different tradition to this central part. The whole ceiling appears to be similar or identical to Tuna el-Gebel Gallery C (A-31).
Schematic
See Tuna el-Gebel Gallery C (A-31) for the probable original plan. The only remaining pieces are a small fragment of the circumpolar group and the decanal figure "Boat".
Decan List
No decan names or deities survive.