On the outer face of the doorway leading from the corridor into the burial chamber, along the lintel is a kneeling figure of the goddess Ma’at, with outstretched wings; the feather of truth is tucked into her headband.
Along each of the doorjambs are Nefertari's titles.
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| Photo courtesy of kairoinfo4u (Flickr), permission granted for educational use. |
Lintel:
Dd mdw in MAa.t sA.t Ra xwy(=i) sA.t(=i) Hm.t nsw.t wr.t (Nfr.t-iry mr(y).t n Mw.t)| mAa.t-xrw
Words spoken by Ma’at, the daughter of Re: I protect my daughter, the Great Wife of the King, Nefertari Meritenmut (Beloved of the Goddess Mut), true of voice.
Doorjambs:
Right: Wsir Hm.t nsw.t wr.t nb.t tA.wy (Nfr.t-iry mr(y).t n Mw.t)| mAa(.t)-xrw xr Wsir
Left: Wsir Hm.t nsw.t wr.t nb.t tA.wy (Nfr.t-iry mr(y).t n Mw.t)| mAa(.t)-xrw xr Wsir nTr aA
Right: The Osiris, Great Wife of the King, Lady of the Two Lands, Nefertari Meritenmut (Beloved of the Goddess Mut), true of voice, in the presence of Osiris (the great god).
Left: The Osiris, Great Wife of the King, Lady of the Two Lands, Nefertari Meritenmut (Beloved of the Goddess Mut), true of voice, in the presence of Osiris.
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| Ma'at at the time of excavation in 1904, 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), 93. |
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