This is a mythological story from the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt - Beloved Land 𓇾𓌸𓂋𓆵𓇋𓊖𓊖 “t3-mrı͗”, found in the first sixteen pages of the ‘Chester Beatty I Papyri’ and deals with the battles between Horus 𓅃 “ḥr” and Seth 𓊃𓏏𓈙𓁣 “stẖ” to determine who will succeed Osiris 𓁹𓊨 “wsir” as king 𓇓𓏏𓈖 “nsw”. The story is reminiscent and comparable to Greek and Roman epics.
The photo is described in the section below in the Chester Beatty I Papyrus
[13: 7-10]:
[7] ‘And Seth saw the ship of Horus, and he thought it was made of stone. And he went unto the mountain, and [8] he cut off a mountain peak, and he fashioned for himself a ship of stone of one hundred and thirty and eight cubits.
[9] Thereupon they went down into their ships in presence of the Ennead. Thereupon the stone ship of Seth sank in the water.
[10] And Seth changed himself into a hippopotamus, and he caused to founder the ship of Horus. Thereupon Horus took his spear, and he threw it at the Majesty of Seth.’
𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬
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