More clip art tracked to its lair
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ikhet_sekhmetStumbled across a couple by sheer chance. #331 in Dover's Egyptian Designs CD ROM and Book:
This figure is very similar to an unnamed figure following the deceased in the Papyrus of Dirpu. Only the wig is slightly different (striped, and the end under the armpit is pointed rather than squared off), which I think is probably someone's artistic licence in copying the papyrus. The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses describes the figure as having the head of Anubis and the body of Bes.
And this dude, #302, appears to the left of the ibis-headed Nephthys at Denderah. Here's a closeup showing the hieroglyphs:
(Hmm... I thought I actually had more info on both of these figures. Gods know my photocopies are in a right mess at the mo.)
ETA: Cauville says this is Horus-on-the-crocodiles, "He who closes the mouth of those who harken to their heart and the scorpion; he who takes his place on the back of the crocodiles". (amd, I really need to take a French course.) Cauville describes the figure as holding a scorpion, which is clearly visible in the clip art and the NYPL illustration, and a snake, which isn't. The hieroglyphs begin (by my amateur translation) "Words of Horus of Behdet, effective god, Lord of Heaven, he of multicoloured plumage..."
This figure is very similar to an unnamed figure following the deceased in the Papyrus of Dirpu. Only the wig is slightly different (striped, and the end under the armpit is pointed rather than squared off), which I think is probably someone's artistic licence in copying the papyrus. The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses describes the figure as having the head of Anubis and the body of Bes.
And this dude, #302, appears to the left of the ibis-headed Nephthys at Denderah. Here's a closeup showing the hieroglyphs:
(Hmm... I thought I actually had more info on both of these figures. Gods know my photocopies are in a right mess at the mo.)
ETA: Cauville says this is Horus-on-the-crocodiles, "He who closes the mouth of those who harken to their heart and the scorpion; he who takes his place on the back of the crocodiles". (amd, I really need to take a French course.) Cauville describes the figure as holding a scorpion, which is clearly visible in the clip art and the NYPL illustration, and a snake, which isn't. The hieroglyphs begin (by my amateur translation) "Words of Horus of Behdet, effective god, Lord of Heaven, he of multicoloured plumage..."
