Abydos - Temple of Sethos I - King's Chapel

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serpents (the priest in front of the King has been effaced). Right hand wall, lower row (left to right): the King, his guardian spirit and the priest, as on the opposite wall; the King seated between Nekhbet and Buto on a throne which is supported by the hieroglyph for "union", around which Thoth and Horus twine papyrus and lotus, the emblems of Lower and Upper Egypt (symbolizing the unification of the two parts of the country under one king); Seshet inscribes the King's name for eternity; the priest in the presence of nine gods. Right hand wall, upper row: the priest and Thoth in front of the (defaced) image of the King, while six dog headed and falcon headed gods bring him vases; Month and Atum conduct the King to the temple, followed by Isis. As in all the other chapels except that of Osiris, the rear wall was occupied by two false doors, the rounded pediments of which (only partly preserved) were richly ornamented. Between the two doors is a plant on which a serpent lies. Niche to the right of the chapel: Thoth holds the hieroglyph for "life" to the King's nostrils (left); the priest of the dead offering incense to the King (rear); Thoth and the King seated opposite one another (right).