Nefertari QV66

Ia. Lower Corridor

The Lower part of the corridor is mostly symmetrical, with a winged snake, recumbant Anubis, wearing a red scarf and holding a flail, and Isis (west) and Nephthys (east) on either side.

Layout of the West Wall of Lower Corridor

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Detail of Heike C. Schmidt, “Die transfiguration der Nefertari” in Nefertari: Gemahlin Ramses’ II, 108, Abb. 150 a and b. Enhanced and coloured by Elisabetta Ferrero, Archivio White Star, American University in Cairo Press. (tagipedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/media_item/file/447/Media.jpg), public domain.
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West Wall of the Lower Corridor, Angled Top

Winged Serpent Shielding the Queen's Cartouche

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Photo courtesy of kairoinfo4u (Flickr), permission granted for educational use.
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Photo: Ernesto Schiaparelli (1904), see “La Tomba di Nofretari Mirinmut,” Relazione sui lavori della missione archeologica italiana in Egitto, Volume 1 (Torino, G. Chiantore, 1923), 91.

A coiled, winged serpent stretches out her wings, holding a shen-sign, in order to protect the cartouche of Queen Nefertari, which is standing on the nwb-sign (gold) and surmounted by a Sun Disk.

Accompanying text:
Di=s anx nb
She gives all life


East Wall of the Lower Corridor, Angled Top

Winged Serpent Shielding the Queen's Cartouche

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Detail of photo, courtesy of kairoinfo4u (Flickr), permission granted for educational use.

A coiled, winged serpent stretches out her wings, holding a shen-sign, in order to protect the cartouche of Queen Nefertari, which is standing on the nwb-sign (gold) and surmounted by a Sun Disk.

Accompanying text:
Di=s anx Dd wAs mi Ra
She gives life, stability, and dominion like Re


Anubis

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Anubis, East Wall

Photo courtesy of kairoinfo4u (Flickr), permission granted for educational use.
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Anubis, West Wall

Photo: Ernesto Schiaparelli (1904), see “La Tomba di Nofretari Mirinmut,” Relazione sui lavori della missione archeologica italiana in Egitto, Volume 1 (Torino, G. Chiantore, 1923), 92.

First Statement by Anubis (West Wall)

1-4. Dd mdw in ‘Inpw imy-wt nTr
5. aA Hr-ib tA Dsr
6. ii.n(=i)
7. xri=t Hm.t nsw.t wr.t [nb.t tA.wy]
8. Hnw.t SmAw-mHw
9. Wsir Hm.t nsw.t wr.t (Nfr.t-iry mr(y).t n Mw.t)|
10. mAa(.t)-xrw xr Wsir nTr Aa
11. xnty imnt.t ii.n(=i)
12. xri=t di.n(=i) n=T s.t imy tA
13. Dsr xaa.ti m p.t it=T Ra
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Words spoken by Anubis, who is in his place of embalming, the Great God, who resides in his sacred lands. I have come before you, Great Wife of the King, [Lady of the Two Lands,] Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt, the Osiris, Great Wife of the King, Nefertari Meritenmut, true of voice, before Osiris, the Great God, foremost of the West. I have come before you. I have given to you a place in the Sacred Land. May you have the appearance of Re, your father, in the sky...

Second Statement by Anubis (West Wall)

1. Dd mdw in ‘Inpw imy-wt nTr
2. aA nb R-stAw ii.n(=i) xri=t
3. sA.t mry Hm.t nsw.t wr.t nb.t tA.wy
4. (Nfr.t-iry mr(y).t n Mw.t)|
5. mAa(.t)-xrw
6. di.n(=i) n=t Xaa Ra
7. m p.t iwt Htp.ti
8. Hr
9. Wsir m
10. sn r mw.t=T As.t Hna Nb-Hw.t
11. iw psD.t aA.t m sA D.t sp-2.

Words spoken by Anubis, who is in his place of embalming, Lord of Rosetau. I have come before you, my beloved daughter, The Osiris, Great Wife of the King, Lady of the Two Land, Nefertari Meritenmut, true of voice, I have given you the appearance of Ra in Heaven, May you rest on the throne of Osiris. Conform to your mother Isis together with Nephthys. The great Ennead is (your) protection, forever (2x).

Anubis (East Wall)

First Statement by Anubis (East Wall)

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Anubis and Nephthys (East Wall)

Photo courtesy of kairoinfo4u (Flickr), permission granted for educational use.

Second Statement by Anubis (East Wall)

1. Dd mdw in ‘Inpw xnty [sH-nTr]
2. ntr aA tpy Dw=f nb r nHH
3. HqA D.t ii.n(=i) xri=t

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5. (Ears of Anubis)
6. Hm.t nsw.t wr.t nb.t tA.wy
7. (Nfr.t-iry mr(y).t n Mw.t)| mAa(.t)-xrw
8-10. xrw Wsir xnty imnt.t
10-11. di.n(=i) n=t Xaa Ra m p.t
?11. swD iwgr.t m
?12. Aw-ib=t xr nHH mi it=t Ra sp-2


Isis and Nephthys

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Nephthys, East Wall

Photo: Ernesto Schiaparelli (1904), see “La Tomba di Nofretari Mirinmut,” Relazione sui lavori della missione archeologica italiana in Egitto, Volume 1 (Torino, G. Chiantore, 1923), 92.
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Isis, West Wall

Photo: Ernesto Schiaparelli (1904), see “La Tomba di Nofretari Mirinmut,” Relazione sui lavori della missione archeologica italiana in Egitto, Volume 1 (Torino, G. Chiantore, 1923), 92.
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Photo: Ernesto Schiaparelli (1904), see “La Tomba di Nofretari Mirinmut,” Relazione sui lavori della missione archeologica italiana in Egitto, Volume 1 (Torino, G. Chiantore, 1923), 91.
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I. Return to Introduction to QV66

II. Floor Plan
III. Tomb
  A and B Entrance
  C Antechamber
  C Antechamber (Part 2)
  D Passage
  E Recess
  F Doorway to Sideroom
  G Side Room
  H Entrance to Corridor
  I Corridor (Upper)
  I Corridor (Lower)
  J Entrance to Burial Chamber
  K Burial chamber
    Pillars I-IV
  L Entrance to Side Room
  M West Side Room
  N Entrance to Side Room
  O East Side Room
  P Entrance to Small Inner Room
  Q Small Inner Room

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