Benson, Margaret; Gourlay, Janet: The temple of Mut in Asher: an account of the excavation of the temple and of the religious representations and objects found therein, as illustrating the history of Egypt and the main religious ideas of the Egyptians (London, 1899)

PART V.]

MUT-SEPI.

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XXVII.

Statuette of a

1 ^ "follower of the

"1 /wwsa _Oftr

goddess Mut " named Mut-sepi. She holds

before her a figure wearing the double crown

At the back the figure is supported by a column
upon which is inscribed a vertical line of hiero-
glyphs recording that Mut-sepi came to the temple-
court to bow down before (lit. "smell the earth")
the Mistress of Heaven (the goddess Mut). The
line reads :

—H—" \ Jl MWv\ W/WV

»N AfAAAA £2i \ \ .- Q /ww\a -JtXjS- <\

Upon the right-hand side of the column or pedestal
is another vertical line of hieroglyphs giving the
name of Mut-sepi's son "who made to live her

name." He is called ^ | ^ Horuza and was

apparently a high priest of the goddess Mut

(tm^'^q^n lit. "Opener of the two doors

of the house of gold of Mut"). His father's

name ^ ^ Ankh-Hapi is also given; he bore

the title of the high priest of Amen. The whole
inscription reads :

fs: sa n * & ~™~ ^ a ^ ^ * v&0 ^

zvwwn UUW1J [—1 q