Today, we are standing in front of one of the masterpieces of the Egyptian Museum and one of the most impressive pieces among the collection of King Tutankhamun in his tomb (K.V. 62). We are going to talk about this magnificent portable shrine of God Anubis, which was discovered by "Howard Carter" in the centre of the Treasury of the tomb of King Tutankhamun .
God Anubis
The jackal god of mummification
and the guardian of the cemetery, Anubis played three important roles in the
funerary rituals. First, he was the guardian of the cemetery, where
he often appears as the jackal wearing a collar decorated with magical
inscriptions and holding a flail or whip, a sign of authority.
Anubis Statue :
The statue is made out of wood; it was covered with a layer of resin and in some parts it was gilded such as the inner parts of the ears, the scarf, the collar around his neck, the eye brows and the extended cosmetic eye lines. He is represented in a recumbent position upon a sledge over a chest. this chest was taking the shape of a shrine and decorated from the sides with Isis knot and the Dd sign.
Also it is decorated with some hieroglyphic inscriptions as well as the cartouches of king Tutankhamun. This chest is connected with 4 poles which indicate that most probably the statue of god Anubis was held in different funerary processions. When we first found the statue of god Anubis upon the chest, it was wrapped with a sheet of linen inscribed with the seventh year of the reing of king Akhenaton.
Some scholars believed that most probably this linen was made during the seventh year of the reign of king Akhenaton. Others believed that it was inscribed with (pr Itn) which means the house of Iten. It might be reused from the reign of Akhenaton. We found inside this chest several things like 8 pectorals,2 calcite cups containing some remains of resinous substance.
They believed that these are from the substances used during the process mummification as they found that they contain resin, sodium chloride, sodium carbonate and natron. These substances were used in mummification so may be these are the substances used in the mummification of king Tutankhamun.
They found also some amulets taking the shape of (whm) which is the animal hooves and it means ''the continuity of the movement". We also found 2 statuettes one of them belongs to god (Rahorakhety). The other statuette belong to god Thot.
The upper frame
Right side
dd mdw in inpw:words spoken by god Anubis
imy wt :he is in the placenta
Left side
dd mdw in inpw:words spoken by god Anubis
hnty sh ntr:he who is in front of the divine shrine
The Middle Rectangle
mry inpw:beloved of Anubis
imy wt :he is in the placenta
nb t3 dsr:lord of the sacred land
ntr nfr:good god
nb hprw re nb h w:lord of the forms of ra,lord of shining.
The Cartouches
twt nkh imn hk3 iwn rsyt:the living image of amun,The ruler of southern Heliopolis
mry inpw:beloved of Anubis
hnty sh ntr:he who is in front of the divine shrine
As we refer to the importance of god Anubis, he had many titles:
1-The lord of the sacred land(nb t3 dsr)
2- He is in the placenta( imy wt)
3-He who is upon his mountin(tpy dw.f).
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