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The inhabitants of the Duat and the hours of the night. Book of Gates

Door book, third division. First register: the sun boat heads towards nine sarcophagi containing nine lying mummies painted black, these are the inhabitants of the Duat who are waiting for the boat to pass so they can be reborn. In the boat is a ram-headed god with a sun disc, representing the Sun god. This is the nocturnal form of the sun, a combination of Osiris and Ra. The god stands under a canopus protected by the great serpent Mehen, and holds a sceptre was. In front of him stands another serpent with protective functions. Also on the boat are the god Sia, in the bow, and the god Heka in the stern. The boat is pulled by four inhabitants of the Duat, the Dwawtyws. Second register: Twelve goddesses (two groups of six) are placed on two triangular ramps (these have a darker and a lighter side to symbolise darkness and light). The goddesses are the personification of the hours of the night. Between the two groups is a gigantic serpent representing time. Its coils represent each hour. The hours are generated and then devoured by the serpent.

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