5th Hour of the Amduat

Item Overview

Title

5th Hour of the Amduat

Creator

Hornung, Erik

Date Created

1991

Collection

UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE)

Notes

Description

Horizontal
Painted on Stucco
Article: Scarab

Caption

Figure 2. An image from the 5th hour of the Amduat, depicting the scarab literally pulling the boat of the elderly sun god through the hours of the night; in this way the sun god creates his own rebirth

Note

Hornung, Erik 1991 The tomb of Pharaoh Seti I. Zurich: Artemis.

Physical Description

Medium

paint

Keywords

Genre

Wall painting

Scarab
Material Culture, Art and Architecture
Cult Objects

Subject Temporal

19th Dynasty
New Kingdom
Reign of Sety I

Resource type

still image