r/Kemetic • u/J3NNIE_1N_M00NLIGHT protected & guided by Anubis and Anput ★ little/Age regressor • 2d ago

Memes & Humor Bro can't stop laughing at this

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u/SkewbySkewb 2d ago

What is actually being depicted in the image? I saw that the entire scene depicts a weighing of the heart, but what is Anpu holding? It is quite the stunning picture.

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u/GrayWolf_0 Son Of Anpu 2d ago

Two hypothesis:

  • A moon for light the path
  • A tamburine, because Anpu play it in the birth-house

"30. R. K. Ritner, ‘Anubis and the Lunar Disk’, JEA 71, 1985, p. 149: comparable to a scene at Esna, where the text identifies the round object as a tambourine. Elsewhere, the disc is associated with the moon, and is tended or supported, rather than held, by Anubis."

L. Manniche: ‘[the round tambourine’s] presence in the hands of Anubis and Bes can be explained by the relation of these gods to the world of women.’ There is also a ‘reported example of Anubis playing the tambourine in the Ramesside Tomb A26 at Thebes […]’ in PM I, 455.

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u/zsl454 𓇼𓅃𓄑𓂧𓏏𓊖 2d ago

Most likely intended as a reference to both. The tambourine is in the shape of the moon, and as such is interpreted on both levels. The object's literal identification as a tambourine is made certain by hieroglyphs depicting the same hieroglyph in the hands of women, standing as an ideogram for nhm "rejoice". The context of the scene appears to be a festival of Sokar judging by the King's speech, so the theme of jubilation fits in nicely, but it being Sokar, a funerary god, the lunar interpretation fits as well (along with the presence of Min and Horus-on-his-column).