Byrd, Hermione:
Sure, that scarab-crab figure is strange. Looks like the ancient artist was undecided. But it definitely represents the constellation of cancer as it follows sequentially the depicted zodiac constellations after Taurus and Gemini in the ceiling relief shown before and then in the 2nd similar size and shaped ceiling relief next to it (not shown yet before), the scarab-crab precedes the constellation of Lion which is then completed to Capricorn in that 2nd relief.

I was already convinced to the correct position of cancer behind the sun(rays) that it is cancer as that’s the new year indicator shortly before the yearly flood and the most important event in for the local civilization. Later, Michael in the German forum, who was also skeptical about that detail at first, found the connection via the 2nd relief and the continuous sequence of constellations.

You can find that discussion starting with text “Skarabäus - Krebs” on
[www.aegyptologie.com]

I have to point out that Michael does not agree with my other interpretations, but at least about the scarab-crab we see it identically.

Also notice the similarity in English between crab and scarab



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/11/2022 04:54PM by Holger Isenberg.