Image code: 31562

Book of Caves: the birth of the sun and the ba of Ra

Book of Caves, final scene of the Sixth Section. Upper register: the sun god Ra in the form of a child raised by the waters of creation represented as triangles with waves of water. The god is also represented as a sun disc and scarab symbolising the sun in the morning propelled by two arms pointing downwards. Figures of the deceased accompanied by their Ba souls Middle register: the Ba (soul) of Ra in the form of a winged scarab with a ram's head;

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