Gatekeepers from the Book of the Dead
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 a lion's head surmounted by two snakes. She wears a red dress and holds an ankh in her right hand and a knife in her left. The last has a human head and dresses like the first, clutching an ankh in both hands.
