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Gatekeepers from the Book of the Dead

The doors of chapter 144 of the Book of the Dead. The door, in gold and red, is followed by three figures identified as the keeper, the guardian and the messenger. The first has a ram's head, red-brown skin and holds a branch in his right hand and a knife in his left hand. He wears a green dress with a white and gold skirt. The second is an animal-headed figure and holds an ankh in his right hand and a knife in his left. The last has a human head and dresses as usual, clutching an ankh in both hands. To the right is another doorway followed by another guardian with a ram's head.

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