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KV -35 , decoration
The only
decoration in the tomb appears in the burial chamber - (highlighted)
This
decoration depicts the 1st to the 12th divisions of the Amduat
in a very similar style and manner to that found in the tomb
of Tuthmosis III (Amenhotep II's predecsor) - KV34. The scenes
are made up from 'stick'like figures painted in three registers
around the room.
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The tomb
does show the King receiving life from Osiris, Hathor and Anubis
on the tomb pillars - this is the first tomb to show the King
shown this way in his own tomb:
The Amduat
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The 2nd hour of the Amduat, the
solar bark moves past the fields of the Netherworld accompanied
by other boats. In the bottom register gods present plants to
Re and the followers of Re |
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7th Hour of the Amduat - top
register Osiris sits (while ringed by the Mehen snake) while
a god with cat ears punishes enemies. In the middle register
the Apophis snakes attempts to bloke the route of the solar bark,
but it has already been rendered harmless by knives and ropes. |
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The 10th Hour - middle register;
the solar bark is protected by a line of gods armed with bows
and arrows and spears, in the bottom register the primeval ocean
- Nun holds drowned souls who are released by Horus and are granted
eternal life |
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12th and final Hour - the middle
register depicts the sun god rejuvinating himself as well as
his entourage before he enters the body of a snake, then he transforms
into a scarab and then climbs on the arms of Shu into the sky. |
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