Image code: 30960

General view of the antechamber and vestibule of Nefertari's tomb

The ceiling of the antechamber represents the starry sky of the underworld. Each wall has a decoration with a frieze at the top. Along the north and west sides runs a rock-cut bench probably used for offerings and funerary equipment, with rectangular pillars and openings left between them, perhaps for storage, decorated with three images of small temples. The upper part of the bench is undecorated while the front has vertical coloured lines and a hieroglyphic text. The wall decoration is divided into two registers: images at the top and text at the bottom. All the scenes in the upper register refer to chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead. Queen Nefertari is depicted according to custom. At the east end of the north wall is the entrance leading to the second flight of stairs and the burial chamber. In the middle of the east wall of the antechamber is a wide passageway leading to the vestibule and the first annex. The decoration of the opening represents Nefertari's entrance into the underworld and the reception of Osiris and Anubis. The architrave above the opening is decorated with eleven urei alternating with nine feathers. In the centre an unidentified kneeling deity imposes his hands on two ovals that contain udjat eyes inside.

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