Ancient Egyptian, between 1129 BC and 1111 BC | The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Iconography

ERANOS ARCHIVE

PRE-CLASSICAL ICONOGRAPHY

Egypt / Religious Iconography / Deities A-Z / Afu-Ra

Egypt / Secular Iconography / Death and Burial / Tombs

Further details

Eranos Archive 38/03 Detail of wall painting in Tomb of Ramesses IX, (by an Eranos panel note this painting was erroneously attributed to the Great Hall in the tomb of Seti I, where the same scene is depicted). From Chapter 2 of The Book Ȧm-Ṭuat (Amduat) ('Text of the Hidden Chamber'), ('The Book of the Hereafter'), depicting The boat of the Underworld (Mesektet), on which the ram-headed form of Ra (Afu-Ra) travels the second hour of Duat (the 12 hours of night and the underworld).

Artist or creator

Egyptian

Date

1129 BC - 1111 BC

Location

Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramesses IX (KV6)

Notes on photograph

Collection

Eranos Archive presented by Olga Froebe-Kapteyn

Acknowledgements

photo from the collection of Prof. [Hans R.] Hahnloser, Bern

Contact

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