which they have in the vignette of Pb. (see Pl. [XXXI]), or in the picture which is found in many papyri (e.g., those of Nebseni, Hunefer, Ani and the Turin Todtenbuch), wherein the cornice or top row of the decoration surmounting the forty-two judges has for central figure a man (Osiris) either supporting the Two Eyes or extending his hands above them (see Pl. [XXXIV], fig. 14).
We have here a symbolism of such extreme importance as to justify a short excursus on the subject.
The Two Eyes
are a most frequent symbol on all funereal monuments; on the most ancient coffins, such as those of Apaānchu, Antuf, Taka (Denkm., II, 98, 146, 147), Mentuhotep (Aelteste Texte, pl. 9 and 25), Sebak-āa (Gio. d’Athanasi, pl. 3) and Amamu, as on mummy cases generally, and on funereal tablets. Between the Eyes on many tablets we frequently find the sign
, and this is often followed by the sign of Water