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Nefertari in front of the gatekeepers

Nefertari is depicted standing with raised arms in front of the gate and its three guardians. Nefertari is dressed in a long semi-transparent tunic, knotted in the middle by a red ribbon. On her head is the Nekhbet headdress, exclusive to royal women and goddesses, consisting of the vulture Nekhbet clutching the shenu symbol of eternity, a golden crown for the great wives of the pharaohs and surmounted by two long golden feathers in the middle of which is a small sun disk. One of the doors in chapter 144 of the Book of the Dead. The door, in gold and red, is followed by three figures identified as the keeper, the guardian and the messenger. The first has a ram's head, red-brown skin and holds a branch in his right hand and a knife in his left hand. She wears a green dress with a white and gold skirt. The second is a female figure with an animal's head. She wears a red dress and holds an ankh in her right hand and a knife in her left. The last, also a female character, has a human head and dresses as usual, clutching an ankh in both hands.

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