#shemeset

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Tumba de Sennedjem TT1, Deir el-Medina (by Soloegipto). A closer view of Ra Horakhty in his barque and the protective shemeset in front of him.

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The sun travels in its barque in the form of an eye, protected by the dangerous-looking shemeset in the prow. From the mythological papyrus of Tent-diu-Mut aka Tadimut*, dating from the 21st Dynasty, in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

* timetrips.co.uk mistakenly identify this as the New Kingdom papyrus of Heruben, but I can see it in Mythological Papyri and at ushabtis.com.

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In the tomb of Sennedjem (TT1), Re sails in his barque, worshipped by baboons.

In the prow of the barque, the shemeset hieroglyph protects the sun god;  equipped with a knife and a foot, it looks read to move and fight.

Here’s how it more usually looks:

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In a moodily lit Saite tomb at Heliopolis, the sun god travels in his barque, protected by the shemeset (behind him). Above, a winged scarab soars.