amntenofre:

King Tutankhamon in the form of a Sphinx (wearing the Atef Crown with ram’s horns) trampling over two of the traditional enemies of Egypt (an asiatic and a black african).
On the top left, the Goddess Nekhbet in Her form of sacred vulture spreading Her wings in protection and holding the ‘shen’-ring (symbol of eternal protection);
to the right, a crowned cartouche (standing on the symbol for “gold”) with the Royal Name of King Tutankhamon as “Son of Ra”:
“The Living Image of Amon (Tutankhamon), Ruler of Upper On-Heliopolis”
(Upper On-Heliopolis is ‘Uaset’-Thebes)

Detail from one side of the painted box of King Tutankhamon, from His “House of Eternity”. Now in the Cairo Museum…

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