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Figure 8.21: Murals inside the Petosiris tomb.<br />

We should mention that we have seen a very similar situation<br />

in the case <strong>of</strong> the two Athribis <strong>zodiacs</strong>. These <strong>zodiacs</strong><br />

were also painted inside a tomb and their planetary symbolism<br />

was also exactly the same. Let us recall that for the<br />

Athribis <strong>zodiacs</strong> the difference between their dates was exactly<br />

38 years, what could be the age <strong>of</strong> the person that is<br />

buried there. So, it is most likely that the Athribis <strong>zodiacs</strong><br />

contain the dates <strong>of</strong> the birth and the death <strong>of</strong> the occupant<br />

<strong>of</strong> the tomb. Regarding the Petosiris <strong>zodiacs</strong>, their purpose<br />

was probably the same as in the case <strong>of</strong> the Athribis <strong>zodiacs</strong><br />

— to record the dates <strong>of</strong> the birth and death.<br />

Let us notice that although we allowed at most 150 years<br />

difference between the dates for the Petosiris <strong>zodiacs</strong>, for all<br />

the results that we obtained, this difference was much smaller.<br />

We can consider it as one more indication that there was no<br />

other purpose <strong>of</strong> the <strong>zodiacs</strong>. For example, it could be possible<br />

that these <strong>zodiacs</strong> were associated with two, instead <strong>of</strong><br />

one, occupants <strong>of</strong> the tomb — for example two close relatives.<br />

8.4 Two Zodiacs from the Petosiris Tomb 247<br />

Figure 8.24: Another fragment <strong>of</strong> murals inside the Petosiris<br />

tomb.<br />

Nevertheless, based on our experience with the Egyptian <strong>zodiacs</strong><br />

(the Athribis, Brugsch’s and Petosiris <strong>zodiacs</strong>) it seems<br />

to us that two <strong>zodiacs</strong> or, two horoscopes on one zodiac, were<br />

used by “ancient” Egyptians for the birth and the death <strong>of</strong><br />

the tomb’s owner. We should also clarify that our hypotheses<br />

can be helpful in explaining the obtained results, but they do<br />

not have any implications on the computations <strong>of</strong> these dates.<br />

8.4.3 Planetary Symbols on the Petosiris<br />

Zodiacs<br />

Let us present the decoding <strong>of</strong> the planetary symbols on the<br />

Petosiris <strong>zodiacs</strong> that were described in the work [5] by O.

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