Identification
| Title | Tomb of Rameses IX (Corridor C, North) |
| Type | Astronomical Representation |
| Decan List Family | AR1 variant |
| EAT3 Number and Name | 29 Ramses IX B |
| EAT3 Pages and Plates | 37-38, Plate 15B, also EAT2 Pl 8 |
| EAT3 Decan List Family | Senmut B |
| Publications | EAT2; Theban Mapping Project |
| Location | In situ; Ceiling of Corridor C, KV6, Valley of the Kings, Theban Necropolis |
| Date | 20th dynasty |
Content
| Registers | 3 |
| Circumpolar Group and Deities | Yes: 8 behind Hippo; 10 opposite. No names, no figure of Isis. |
| Planets |
Superior: Jupiter, Saturn, Mars Inferior: Mercury, Venus |
| Decan Names | Yes |
| Decanal Stars | Yes |
| Personifications of the Decans | No |
| Cluster Numbers | Only one |
| Depictions of Decanal Constellations | Yes |
| Decanal Deity Names | Yes |
| Decanal Deity Figures | No |
| Lunar Months | No |
| Civil Months | Yes, in the Ramesside star tables |
| Nut | No |
| Other features | The third register contains Ramesside star clock tables 19-23 and 13 |
Notes
The ceiling has portions of damage, but enough remains readble to ascertain figures for the attendant deites. Some spaces are taken up with extra deities (facing in different orientations to the astronomical content).
The Ramesside star clock which accompanies this ceiling and its other half (Corridor C, South) is incomplete, having only tables 1-6, 13, and 19-23.
Schematic
| Legend for Schematic | |
|---|---|
| C | Circumpolar group of constellations |
| A | Circumpolar attendant deities |
| D | Decans |
| P | Planets |
| M | Ramesside star clock tables 13-24, representing civil months III Peret (first half) to IV Shemu (last half) |
| X | Other cosmic deities: content from other funerary texts |
| Damage | |
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Location and orientation of the circumpolar hippo |
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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 astronomical representation is classed as a "Senmut B" (AR1 variant) family member. The list and layout are very similar to Tomb of Rameses VII (Burial Chamber J, North).
| 5 pḥwy ḏꜣt | Lady-of-Aphroditopolis |
| 6 ṯmꜣt ḥrt | Children of Horus |
| 7 ṯmꜣt ẖrt | Children of Horus |
| 8 wšꜣtꞽ | Dua<mutef>, Kebehsenuf |
| 9 bkꜣtꞽ | Dua<mutef>, Kebehsenuf |
| 10 tpy-ꜥ ḫntt | Hapy, Duamutef |
| 11 ḫnty <ḥrt> | Horus |
| 12 ḫnty ẖr<t> | Seth |
| 13 ṯms n ḫntt | Horus |
| 14 sꜣptꞽ ḫnwy | Isis, Nephthys |
| 15 ḥry-ꞽb wꞽꜣ | wš |
| 16 sšmw | wš |
| 17 knmw | Children of Horus |
| 18 tpy-ꜥ smd | Horus |
| 19 smd | Hapy |
| 20 srt | Isis |
| 21 sꜣwy srt | Duamutef, Kebehsenuf |
| 22 ẖry ḫpd sr<t> | Kebehsenuf |
| 23 tpy-ꜥ ꜣḫ<wy> | Duamutef, Kebehsenuf |
| SP1 sbꜣ rsy pt ḥr-štꜣ-tꜣwy rn=f šmsw n pt | |
| SP2 ḥr-kꜣ-pt rn=f sbꜣ ꞽꜣbty ḏꜣ <pt> | |
| SP3 ḥr-ꜣḫty rn=f sbꜣ ꞽꜣbty pt sḳdd=f m ḫtḫt |
|
| E sbšsn | Horus |
| F nṯr wꜣš | Duamutef |
| IP1 sbgw | Seth |
| IP2 sbꜣ-ḏꜣ bꜥḥ |
Benu |
The decan numbers and letters shown here are for the decan family AR1 and AR1 variant.
SP = superior planet
IP = inferior planet
Grey shading = damage
< > = omitted but understood
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.