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Summary
: H4452.a
: World Archaeology - Egyptology
: watercolour
: Top: a line of upright mummies in shrines, all facing left. Centre: Four men hauling the solar barque through a symbolic netherworld. On the boat is the god Khnum-Ra beneath a canopy. Bottom: Amun leans on a staff and banishes the snake Apophis from Re's presence. Depicts the journey of the sun through the 2nd-3rd hours of the night. Text from the Book of Gates 'Hall of Six Pillars' is written at the bottom of the picture. Hornung Room J
Current Location
: Belzoni Collection
: Thebes (Luxor), Egypt, North Africa, Africa: Valley of the Kings, Sety I's Tomb, grave KV17
: Belzoni, Senor Giovanni: Thebes (Luxor), Egypt, North Africa, Africa: Valley of the Kings, Sety I's Tomb, grave KV17, Hall of Six Pillars
: 1817-1820
: Given by Mr. C.E. Wilson, 1900.