Scenes E1 and E2 comprise a single large scene. Therefore, they should be read together, but in the interst of making these pages behave smoothly, I have had to separate them into two documents.

In this scene the kneeling king burns incense over a meal piled on a table before a large shrine containing several deities. As in the last scene, the deities are all statues depicted on their pedestals, and small statuettes of the king make offerings to some of their images. The deities in this section might represent luminaries on the other side of Nun, which have not yet arisen into the Eastern horizon. Nefertum holds the Sound-eye to his breast, as he has just emerged from the image of Nun, while Khepri (sunrise), Thoth (moon), Neith, and Wedjoyet follow.

E1. North Wall, Lower Register, Left End


The lion-headed god crowned with a falcon and lotus, holding a Sound-Eye to his breast:
1) nfr-tmw xwj t3.wy nb k3.w Hrw nxt dj=f qnj n mn-m3`.t-r`
Nefertum who protects the Two Lands, Lord of Ka's, Horus of Victory,
when he gives force to Menmaatre.

The mummiform god crowned with double Maat-plumes and holding a flagellum
while seated on a high pedestal:
2) nww jt
Nun, father

3) nTr.w Hr.y-jb Hw.t mn-m3`.t-r`
of the gods residing in the Mansion of Menmaatre.

The god crowned with a scarab beetle:
4) xprj Hr.y-jb
Khepri residing in

5) Hw.t mn-m3`.t-r` dj=f nxt
the Mansion of Menmaatre when he gives victory

5a) n nb x`j.w stX.y mrj.y-n.y-ptH
to the Lord of Diadems, Sety Beloved of Ptah.

The ibis-headed god:
6) DHwty jnj.n wD3.t
Thoth who brings the Sound-Eye,

7) hr.y-jb Hw.t mn-m3`.t-r` dj=f 3w.t-jb
residing in the Mansion of Menmaatre, when he gives happiness

7a) n nb t3.wy mn-m3`.t-r`
to the Lord of the Two Lands, Menmaatre.

The first goddess crowned with the red crown:
8) nj.t Hr.y.t-jb
Neith residing in

9) Hw.t mn-m3`.t-r` dj=s snb
the Mansion of Menmaatre, when she gives health

9a) n stX.y mrj.y-n.y-ptH
to Sety Beloved of Ptah.

The second goddess crowned with the red crown:
10) w3D.y.t Hr.y.t-jb Hw.t mn-m3`.t-r`
Wedjoyet residing in the Mansion of Menmaatre.


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