TAA i.3.12.1

Note
'Ennead' - 'a body of nine (gods)', properly the official designation of the company of great deities descended, according to the Heliopolitan dogma, from the Sun-god Re'-Atum. Originally comprising Atum himself and four pairs of deities, namely Shu and Tefenet, Geb and Nut, Osiris and Isis, Seth and Nephthys, the Ennead subsequently extended its membership so as to comprise (theoretically) eighteen or twenty-seven divinities, but no list of them is given. 'The great Ennead', and the 'the Entire Ennead' is mentioned. (See Gardiner, The Contendings of Horus & Seth. p. 14, note 3.)

TAA i.3.12.2

NOTE: FIGURES OF GODS FOUND IN THE INNERMOST TREASURY.

These comparatively inartistic figures of strange gods are valuable to us as a record of myths and beliefs, ritual and custom, associated with the dead. That they were supposed to be potent for good or evil, or have some form of magic inherent in them, is evident, although their exact meaning in this burial is not clear to us.

TAA i.3.12.3

1 275b. King. <> crown, <> staff, <> flagellum. <>
2 275d. " <> " <> " , <> " <>
3 275c. King Harpooning <> crown. No inscription.
4 275e " " " " " "
5 296b. King <> crown, <> staff, <> flagellum. <>
6 289a King upon leopard. <> crown, <> staff, <> flagellum <>
7. 289b. " " " " " " <> ? <>

TAA i.3.12.4

(1)
1 37. Snake standard <> = name sign of Aphroditopolis = 10th Nome of Up.Eg. Inscribed <>

(2)
2 38. Snake standard <> ditto. <>.

Treasury

(3)
3 283b. Falcon standard <>.
Inscribed <>

(4) (BR) 4 283C. Falcon standard <>
Inscribed <> <>

(5)
5 283a Serpent <> Inscribed <>

TAA i.3.12.5

The figures of the divinities include 1 the sun-god Atum; 2 Shu, the god of the atmostphere; 3 the Earth-God, Geb; the goddesses 4 Isis and 5 Nephthys; 6 Horus the Elder; 7 Horus within the Shrine; 8 Ptah, the patron deity of Egypt; 9 Sekhmet, the lion goddess of war; 10 Ta-tenen, (?) a special form of Ptah; 11 Khepre, regarded as a form of the sun-god; 12 Mamu, 13 Sent and 14 Ta-ta; the Children of Horus, 15 Imsety, 16 Hepy, 17-18 Dua-mutef (? two figures), and 19 Qebeh-snewef; 20 Menkaret (holding the king above her head); 21-22 two standards of Seshet, the goddess of writing; 23 the falcon standard of Spedu; 24 the falcon standard of Gemehshu; 25 a serpent divinity; all by whom the king is beloved, and 26-27 two Ihy-musicians 26-27.

TAA i.3.12.6

(6)
1 275, a. Black youth holding emblem of Hathor - no inscription ((?) Ihy - Musician)

(7)
2 289, c. Black youth holding emblem of Hathor - no inscription. ((?) Ihy-musician).

(8)
3 296 a. Goddess holding king above head. <> <>
4 280 a. God - mummiform. Inscribed <>
5 281, a. " " " <>
6. 282, a " " (with <> feathers) " <>
7 290, a " <>
8 291, a " mummiform enveloped in wings " <>
9 292, a. " mummiform inscribed <>
10 293, a " " (falcon-headed) " <> (Horus the Elder)
11 294, a Goddess " " <>
12 295, a. " " " <> (See 305a)
13 297, a God " " <>
14 298, a " " (falcon headed)? " <> (Horus within the Shrine)
15 299, a " " <>

TAA i.3.12.7

16 300, a. Lion headed goddess upon throne. Inscribed. <>
17 301, a. God - mummiform " <>
18 302, a. " " " <>
19 303, a " " (with <> crown) " <> <>
20. 304, a " " ? (falcon headed) no inscription
((?) Qebeh Sennef)
21 304, b " " (jackal headed) no inscription
((?) Duamutef)
22 305, a Goddess " Inscribed <> (sic)

TAA i.3.12.8 = Gr. Inst. photo. 4032 = probably MMA photo.

(June 26, 2009)

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