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2.5 Our Abbreviations for Egyptian Zodiacs 51
Figure 2.41: Alternations made on a photograph of Ramses VI zodiac. (The left fragment was taken from [31], pp. 128–129,
and the right one from [115], pp. 262–265)
Figure 2.43: Details on the Napoleonic drawing of the Big
Esna zodiac on the right from the constallations of Aquarius
and their corrections.
Figure 2.44: Details on the Napoleonic drawing of the Big
Esna zodiac on the right from the constallations of Aquarius
and their corrections.
hardly noticeable details may be altered or omitted on these
copies but clearly the artist did not contribute new symbols
out of his own imagination.
Finally, it may sound strange, but we discoverred that it
is not possible to trust even the published photographs of
the Egyptian zodiacs. On Figure 2.41 we show details on two
photographs of the Ramses VI zodiac. The first photograph
was taken from [31], pages 128–129, and the second photo-
graph was taken from [181], pages 162–165. Notice that these
two pictures show different figures on the zodiac. In fact one
of these photographs was clearly tampered with. Fortunately,
these detailes were not crucial for the astronomical dating of
the Ramses VI zodiac (see section 8.5).
2.5 Our Abbreviations for Egyptian
Zodiacs
Sometimes, it will be convenient for us to use short abbreviations
when referring to the Egyptian zodiacs analyzed in this
book. In particular, we will use these abbreviations to make
clear at the first glance fragment of what zodiac is displayed
in a figure. The following is the list of these abbreviations:
DL – the Long Denderah zodiac (Fig. 2.8)
DR – the Round Denderah zodiac (Fig. 2.6)
EB – the Big Esna Zodiac (Fig. 2.15)
EM – the Small Esna zodiac (Fig. 2.17–2.18)
AV –
the upper Athribis zodiac (Fig. 2.19, top
one)