The Canopic shrine of Tutankhamun [ the 4 shrines ] part 8

The second shrine complete

There is a jackal head over a stand as indication to the neck of Re.
The head and the neck of God Re are the creative powers of the sun God .
We could see some divinities up and others down rebounds, they represent the stages of the transformation of the second passing through the underworld.
The 3rd shrine
– the most important one is the whole scene from the book of dowt eyes what is in the underworld ?
– it shows the journey of god Ra3 in the under war , the boat of Re is proceeded by 4 boats in there is a divinity sitting holding a feather of Ma3t in the front of him a crescent , a disk .
– in the 2nd there is a kind of a crocodile.
– in the 3rd empty , a stand : 2 trees .
– in the 4 th boat of god Re is shown standing in this shrine , in front of him stands lady of the boat with 2 horns and the sun disk .
The 4 shrine
It takes the shape of pr-wr , the shrine of lower Goddess Neftis & Isis are represented outstretching their wings .
– there are wadjet eyes to link with the outer world of living .
– its decorated with Cavetto corniche torus moulding.
The coffins
The coffins are usually defined as a chest in which a corpse is buried but to distinguish it from the sarcophagus it can be also defined as the container nearest to the mummified corpse .
A sarcophagus and 3 anthropoid coffins
When the burial chamber was opened 4 shrines diminishes in size and fitting inside each other were found .
In the inner most shrine , a sarcophagus was found .
When it was opened 3 anthropoid coffins were discovered inside the innermost one , the mummy of the king was placed wrapped in linen and wearing the mask .
Development of coffins
In the beginning they were short chests in order to contain the contracted burials . When the mummified process took place the body was placed in the chest extended so it became full length coffin . So the development of the coffins was according to the development of the preservation of the body.
– the coffins had simple inscriptions just a horizon line , pair of eyes was placed to link the deceased with the outer world of living.
– the anthropoid coffins first appeared in the 12 th dynasty , Middle Kingdom and it was a development of the idea of the mask .
As first the mask took the shape of the head , their appeared the extending masks from the front of the body , then by adding a shell from the back .
We had the shape of the anthropoid coffin.
– the coffins were more developed in the new king as the Rich decoration appeared . Even there were colored coffins such as the white coffins with polychrome decorations , the black coffins with yellow decorations and the yellow coffins decorated with bright colors .
– in the 25 / 26 th dynasties , there are examples showing the coffin supported by a black pillar and standing on a pedestal .

Canopic shrine of Tutankhamun [ the 4 shrines ] part 7
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