Packet C: Tossup 17

They aren’t gods, but jackal and falcon-headed statues of two of these things are depicted beating their chest with a closed fist in the henu pose; those things are named for the cities of Pe and Nekhen. (-5[1])Archaeologists working in Rifeh uncovered various clay model houses named for these things that served as offering trays. Statuettes representing these things (-5[1])peer out of holes chiseled into the outer wall of a serdab. In a mastaba, (-5[1])false doors were used by these (-5[1])things, (10[1]-5[1])whose various components (10[1])included the shut, or (10[1])shadow, (10[1]-5[2])and the akh. (10[6]-5[2])The (10[1])42 (10[2])Negative Confessions (10[4])are recited by (10[1])these (-5[1])things (10[1]-5[1])in the Duat, (10[5]-5[2])where their (10[1])heart (10[1])is measured (10[2])against (10[1])the feather (10[4]-5[2])of Maat (10[8]-5[5])on a set (10[1])of scales (10[1])overseen (-5[1])by Anubis. (-5[1])For 10 points, the ka and ba (10[1])comprise (10[1])portions (10[1])of what entity (10[2])that enters the Egyptian underworld (10[4])upon death? (10[1]) (10[19])■END■

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