The Book of Gates: The Book of Gates: Chapter VIII. The Gate Of Set-em-maat-f. The Sixth Division Of The Tuat--continued.
THE pylon which gives access to the SIXTH DIVISION of the Tuat has already been described. The monster serpent which stands on his tail and guards the gateway is called SET-EM-MAAT-F, and the two lines of text which refer to his admission of Ra read:-- "He who is over this door openeth to Ra. SA saith to SET-EM-MAAT-F:--'Open thy gate to Ra, unfold thy doors to KHUTI, that he may send light into the thick darkness, and may make his radiance illumine the hidden habitation.' This door is shut after this great god hath passed through it, and there is lamentation to those who are in this gateway when they hear this door close upon them" (see p. 169).THE GATE OF SET-EM-MAAT-F.
THE SIXTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT--continued.
4. The two UTCHATS, which appear to be keeping watch on the "enemies." 5. The jackal-headed standard called TEM, with two "enemies" tied to it. 6. A mummied form, with projecting elbows, called AFAT. 7. The jackal-headed standard called KHEPER, with two "enemies" tied to it. 8. A mummied form, with projecting elbows, called, or MET 1. 9. The jackal-headed standard called SHU, with two "enemies" tied to it. 10. A mummied form, with projecting elbows, called SENT. 11. The jackal-headed standard called SEB, with two "enemies" tied to it. 12. A mummied form, with projecting elbows, called AQA-SA.
14. A mummied form, with projecting elbows, called AA-KHER (?) 1. 15. The jackal-headed standard called HERU. 16. A god holding a sceptre called SHEF-HRA. The text which refers to the above-mentioned gods reads:--
The upper register is much mutilated on the cover of the sarcophagus of Seti I.; on it we see:-- 1. Five upright male figures, each of whom holds a large loaf of bread, with both hands on his head; when the scene was complete these figures were twelve in number, as we learn from the variants published by Champollion, 1and they are called HETEPTI-KHEPERU. 2. Six upright male figures, each of whom holds the feather of Maat with both hands on his head; when the scene was complete these figures were twelve in number, and they are called AUTU-MAAMU-KHERU-MAAT 2. The text which remains reads:--
gods, and whose doubles have been washed, maat, they have been reckoned up and they are maat
1. Three male figures, each of which bears a loaf on his head. 2. The following fragmentary text: "Their bread cakes are ordered for In the lower register are:-- 1. Five male figures, who are occupied in tending very large ears of corn; when the scene was complete these figures were twelve in number, and they were called, "Those who work about the plants of grain in the fields of the Tuat." 2. A man holding a sickle; he is one of the seven "reapers," of which this section of the scene originally consisted. The text which relates to those who tend the grain reads:-- The text which describes the middle register of the Sixth Division as it appears in the tomb of Rameses VI. reads: In the upper register are twelve gods, each of whom In the lower register are the figures of twelve men, each of whom tends a monster ear of corn (?), or a tree, under the superintendence of a god who leans on a staff, and a group of reapers, each holding a sickle. The text, which is mutilated in places, reads: Of the reapers it is said:-- "These are they who have their sickles and who reap the grain in their Field. Ra saith unto them:--'Take ye your sickles, and reap ye your grain, for it is granted unto you . . . . . . your habitations, and to join yourselves to the Circle of the Hidden of Forms. Hail to you, O ye reapers!' Their food is of bread-cakes, and their drink is of tcheser ale, and their libations are made with cool water. Offerings are made unto them upon earth as being those who reap the grain in the Fields of the Tuat." 170:1 The names are supplied from Champollion, Notices, p. 502. 171:1 The names are supplied from Champollion, Notices, p. 502. 175:1 Notices, ii., p. 501. 175:2 Supplied from Champollion, Notices, ii., p. 502.
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