Nefertari enthroned plays with the senet
Nefertari is depicted under a canopus made of reeds. The queen is dressed in a long, semi-transparent tunic, knotted in the middle by a red ribbon. On her head she wears the Nekhbet headdress, exclusive to royal women and goddesses, consisting of the Nekhbet vulture clutching the shenu symbol of eternity, a golden crown for the great wives of the pharaohs. The queen also wears gold earrings in the shape of a lotus flower, a pearl necklace and bracelets. She wears a pair of sandals. With her right hand she holds the sceptre sekhem and plays with the senet that will allow her spirit to take the form of the bird ba with a human head and come out of the tomb during the day.
