Deities
Falcon-headed and Ibis-headed deities. Depictions on the walls of tombs show a similar pair of figures grasping knives and accompanied by a single large sekhem-sceptre. The gods may be identified with some of the guardians who watch over the gates of the Underworld, as depicted in Chapter 144 of the Book of the Dead. The construction of these figures is identical ; the bodies are made from tamarisk and the bases from cedarwood. Both have been black-varnished over gessoed linen.
18th dynasty, perhaps from the tomb of Horemheb KV57.
EA50700 and EA50701
British Museum
Deities
Falcon-headed and Ibis-headed deities. Depictions on the walls of tombs show a similar pair of figures grasping knives and accompanied by a single large sekhem-sceptre. The gods may be identified with some of the guardians who watch over the gates of the Underworld, as depicted in Chapter 144 of the Book of the Dead. The construction of these figures is identical ; the bodies are made from tamarisk and the bases from cedarwood. Both have been black-varnished over gessoed linen.
18th dynasty, perhaps from the tomb of Horemheb KV57.
EA50700 and EA50701
British Museum