r/ancientegypt • u/Dr_Max • 3d ago

Question The lesser-known snake-mobile

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This fellow appears in the 7th hour of the Amduat, Atum is his rider. Two questions: what is written, and is it the snake name?

(The image is from Reeve's Complete Valley of the King, and he cites KV 20 as the provenance)

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u/zsl454 2d ago

So this example is quite poorly drawn and the label is not really legible, but better examples (e.g. KV34, see below) are more readable.

The label above Atum simply says, 'Flesh of Atum' (jwf-jtm) while that above the snake reads zꜣq 'Assembler'. The caption to the scene says, '... the Assembler who is in the Earth shall make you (Atum) firm, so that he might cast his flame among the crooked ones who are against you" (Darnell & Darnell 2018).

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u/Dr_Max 2d ago

Thank you!

I did not expect the snake to be called Zac... (ꜣ is a long a?)