This second scene shows Sety I entering the Chapel of Nefertum in a posture of reverential greeting. The god, standing on his Maat-pedestal, in human form, shrouded as a mummy, crowned with lotus and double plumes, holding the was-scepter, offers life to the king.

B. East Wall, Right Door Jamb


The text reads:

1) Dd-mdw.w jn nfr-tmw nb k3.w Hrw-Hkn.w /////////
A recitation by Nefertum, lord of Ka's, Horus of Acclamations, [......]

2) Dd-mdw.w jn n.y-sw.t bj.t.y mn-m3`.t-r` z3-r` stX.y mrj.y-n.y-ptH
A recitation by King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Menmaatre, Son of Re
Sety beloved of Ptah

3) n jt=f nfr-tmw hr.y-jb Hw.t mn-m3`.t-r`; "dw3(=j)-nTr Htp Htp Hr
to his father, Nefertum residing in the Mansion of Menmaatre:
Adoration of the God: "Be content, be content because of

4) b`H.t=f Htp nfr-tmw Hr b`H.t=f
his bounty! May Nefertum be content with his bounty!

5) z3w p.t rmn=k r t3 Ts-pXr Hn n.y-sw.t
Guardian of Heaven, (let) your hand (be) upon the earth and vice versa!
The King approaches

6) m `nx jw=j w`b=kw
with life! I am pure!"



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