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Carter No.: 403c

Handlist description: Head-rest

Card/Transcription No.: 403c-4


(403, C.)  continued

sun on the horizons. The heads facing in opposite directions, are supposed to represent the east and the west horizons, i.e. the sun's course daily, or the extremities of the universe.

(cf <> Rwty 'the two lion-god' (P.S.B.A.38, 92).)

<> = determinitive in <> wrs 'head-rest' (see text, Budge, 'Mummy')

Card no. 403c-4 relating to Carter no. 403c
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