"Temple of Dér el Medineh - Mortuary scene", Egypt
name: label: Creator
content: Gaddis & Seif (Luxor (Egypt))
place: label: Place
content: Egypt
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content: Gaddis & Seif (Luxor (Egypt))
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content: Stephen Grant postcards
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content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Thebes
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content: 1 Postcard (Binder, color, 5.5 x 3.5 in)
container: label: Container
content: Binder 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-4683
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content: Archival materials
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content: Postcards
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content: Postcards
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content: Title created by archives staff; typed description on verso
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content: 22 --(Thebes) Temple of Dér el Medineh - Mortuary scene[,] representing the weighing of the heart of the deceased. The[,] first figure is the Goddess of Truth-Maat, and before her walks[,] the soul of the deceased, who is about to enter the Hall of the[,] Double Truth in order that his heart may be weighed. He is[,] faced by a second figure of Maat as he enters the Hall. We[,] then see his heart weighed in the balance against the feather[,] of Truth. The God Horus holds the plumb of the scales, and[,] Anubis assists. Next we see Toth noting down the judgement[,] of the scales. We then see the young Horus seated upon the[,] crook, the symbol of dominion; and beside him there is a fearful[,] monster. If the ordeal of the scales has been successfully[,] passed, the soul of the deceased will be claimed by the youthful[,] Horus, the mediator between man and his maker; but if he[,] has failed in the trial, he will be devoured by this creature.; POST CARD[,] CARTE POSTALE. Published by Gaddis & Seif, Luxor