Tomb of Tausret/Sethnakht (Burial Chamber J1)

 

Identification

Title	Tomb of Tausret/Sethnakht (Burial Chamber J1)
Type	Astronomical Representation
Decan List Family	AR2
EAT3 Number and Name	14 Tausert A
EAT3 Pages and Plates	23, Pl 9
EAT3 Decan List Family	Seti I C
Publications	Theban Mapping Project
Location	In situ; Ceiling of the first burial chamber in the tomb of Tausret and Sethnakht, KV14, Valley of the Kings, Theban Necropolis
Date	19th dynasty

 

Content

Registers	2
Circumpolar Group and Deities	Yes: 9 figures behind hippo; 7 opposite
Planets	Superior: Jupiter, Saturn, Mars Inferior: Mercury, Venus
Decan Names	Yes
Decanal Stars	Yes
Personifications of the Decans	No
Cluster Numbers	Yes
Depictions of Decanal Constellations	Yes, a large cluster, a sheep, Sahu and Sopdet
Decanal Deity Names	Yes
Decanal Deity Figures	Yes
Lunar Months	No
Civil Months	No
Nut	No

 

Notes

The ceiling is painted on a curved vault and has suffered damage. The figures of the decanal deities form a procession under the decan list.

Schematic

Damage is not indicated.

 

Legend for Schematic
C	Circumpolar group of constellations
A	Circumpolar attendant deities
D	Decans
P	Planets
	Location and orientation of the circumpolar hippo
	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. This is especially true in this ceiling, as the decan names (first column in the table below), deity names (second column), and deity figures (third column) do not align well. The deitiy assignments in the first half of the list are not standard.

For conventions and abbreviations, see below the table.

Neugebauer and Parker place the list in the Seti I C family. Unusually, the figure of the Sheep is placed above the decanal deity names and the list starts with 17 knmw.

17 knmw	Imseti Hapy Duamutef {Horus}, Kebehsenuf	Human-headed god Baboon-headed god Jackal-headed god Two falcon-headed gods
18 tpy-ꜥ smd	Hapy	Baboon-headed god
19 smd	Isis	Goddess
	Duamutef Kebehsenuf	Two gods
{19 smd} (perhaps a label for the Sheep figure that appears here)	Kebehsenuf Duamutef Kebehsenuf	Falcon-headed god God Falcon-headed god
20 srt{rt}	Duamutef Kebehsenuf	God God
21 sꜣwy srt	Imseti	Human-headed god
22 ẖry ḫpd srt	Hapy	Baboon-headed god
23 tpy-ꜥ ꜣḫwy	Horus	Falcon-headed god
	Horus, Cluster, 4-nwt ẖt	Falcon-headed god
24 ꜣḫwy	Horus	Falcon-headed god
25 bꜣwy	Imseti, Hapy	Four gods
26 ḫntw ḥrw	Kebehsenuf, Duamutef
27 ḥry-ꞽb ḫntw	Hapy	Baboon-headed god
28 ḫntw ẖrw	Kebehsenuf	Jackal-headed god
29 ḳd	Imseti, Hapy	Four gods
30 sꜣwy ḳd	Duamutef, Kebehsenuf
31 ḫꜣw	[Eye of] Horus
32 ꜥrt	Horus	Sahu
33 ꞽwn sꜣḥ 34 rmn ḥrw <sꜣḥ>	Eye of Horus
36 rmn ẖr<y> sꜣḥ	Children of Horus
35 msḏr sꜣḥ	Eye of Horus
36 rmn ẖry sꜣḥ	Eye of Horus
37 ꜥ sꜣḥ 38 sꜣḥ	Osiris
39 spdt	Isis	Sopdet
SP1 <ḥr-tꜣš-tꜣwy rn=f> sbꜣ rsy <pt>		Planet
SP2 sbꜣ ꞽmnty ḥr-kꜣ-pt rn=f, Horus		Planet
SP3 sbꜣ ꞽꜣbty ḥr-ꜣḫty rn=f sḳdd=f m ḫtḫt, Re		Planet
A štwy Turtles	Duamutef Hapy	Jackal-headed god
		Baboon-headed god
B nsrw	Imseti	Human-headed god
C sšpt	Horus	Falcon-headed god
D ꞽpsḏ	Horus	Falcon-headed god
E sbšsn	Horus	Falcon-headed god
F nṯr wꜣš	[Dua]mut[ef]	Jackal-headed god
IP1 sbgw	Seth	Seth-headed god
IP2 sbꜣ ḏꜣ	Osiris	Benu

The decan numbers and letters shown here are for the decan family AR2.

SP = superior planet

IP = inferior planet

Grey shading = damage

< > = omitted but understood

{ } = included in error

[ ] = damaged text

( ) = explanatory notes or additional material

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.