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CEREMONIAL AID
in heaven, they throw wide to thee the doors of Dat. So thou
ascendest, dawning as a god, becoming a perfect being in heaven
and taking shape in Dat. Thy sin is expelled by Re; thou art set on
high by Osiris, 0 Puyemre!'" The men then take up the strain
(Plate LII), "[0] . . . Puyemre! Thy lord [Amon] has shown thee
favor in thy house of the living . . . rejoicing in . . . [of Sutekh (?)]
and Atum] ... [If thou art satisfied therewith] let thy ka be also . . .
to Thot that he may propitiate . . . the hands of the horizon [are
offered] to thee, the gates of [heaven] are thrown wide . . . and thou
risest, dawning as [a god, 0 Puyemre]!"
The two side inscriptions on the ceiling are preserved, the southern
being placed in the mouth of Nut. "Ho, Osiris . . . Puyemre! Mayest
thou be followed by thy kas to thy pure seats"; and "[May they place]
thy seat amongst them, at rest for ever" (Plate LVII).
(B) THE SHRINE
(PLATES LVII TO LXI)1
The shrine
a larger
statue-niche
The back wall of the chapel is occupied almost wholly by the door-
way to the shrine and its framing, and its decorations therefore have
reference to the purpose to which this farther room was put. The side
walls within show parallel pictures of the ritual of the daily offering; the
rear wall, the adoration of Osiris and Hathor-Semyt; each side of the front
wall, a magic spell; the ceiling, an architectural design. In many Theban
tombs a little niche is cut in the back wall of the inmost room, often
set at some distance from the ground, and in the case of two of
Puyemre's predecessors taking the form of a little chamber perched at a
'"Sutekh purifies [thee] and Atum opens thy mouth" (Tomb 109).
2 The chamber was originally built of masonry, as ancient burial-places penetrated the site, but
when found was in great ruin. The north wall (save two foundation blocks) and with it the vault and
the north side and upper part of the front wall had disappeared. Half the back wall, too, was gone, and
during the progress of the work the greater part of the kneeling figures there was carried off by thieves.
The whole chamber has been rebuilt, and a margin of error is possible in the case of unimportant frag-
ments on the lunettes and the west wall.
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version
CEREMONIAL AID
in heaven, they throw wide to thee the doors of Dat. So thou
ascendest, dawning as a god, becoming a perfect being in heaven
and taking shape in Dat. Thy sin is expelled by Re; thou art set on
high by Osiris, 0 Puyemre!'" The men then take up the strain
(Plate LII), "[0] . . . Puyemre! Thy lord [Amon] has shown thee
favor in thy house of the living . . . rejoicing in . . . [of Sutekh (?)]
and Atum] ... [If thou art satisfied therewith] let thy ka be also . . .
to Thot that he may propitiate . . . the hands of the horizon [are
offered] to thee, the gates of [heaven] are thrown wide . . . and thou
risest, dawning as [a god, 0 Puyemre]!"
The two side inscriptions on the ceiling are preserved, the southern
being placed in the mouth of Nut. "Ho, Osiris . . . Puyemre! Mayest
thou be followed by thy kas to thy pure seats"; and "[May they place]
thy seat amongst them, at rest for ever" (Plate LVII).
(B) THE SHRINE
(PLATES LVII TO LXI)1
The shrine
a larger
statue-niche
The back wall of the chapel is occupied almost wholly by the door-
way to the shrine and its framing, and its decorations therefore have
reference to the purpose to which this farther room was put. The side
walls within show parallel pictures of the ritual of the daily offering; the
rear wall, the adoration of Osiris and Hathor-Semyt; each side of the front
wall, a magic spell; the ceiling, an architectural design. In many Theban
tombs a little niche is cut in the back wall of the inmost room, often
set at some distance from the ground, and in the case of two of
Puyemre's predecessors taking the form of a little chamber perched at a
'"Sutekh purifies [thee] and Atum opens thy mouth" (Tomb 109).
2 The chamber was originally built of masonry, as ancient burial-places penetrated the site, but
when found was in great ruin. The north wall (save two foundation blocks) and with it the vault and
the north side and upper part of the front wall had disappeared. Half the back wall, too, was gone, and
during the progress of the work the greater part of the kneeling figures there was carried off by thieves.
The whole chamber has been rebuilt, and a margin of error is possible in the case of unimportant frag-
ments on the lunettes and the west wall.
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