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After passing through the Tomb of Horemheb’s Pylon, the First Courtyard becomes visible
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West of the First Courtyard, a door leads to the small vestibule east of the Statue Room
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An anonymous priest performs the ritual of the “Opening of the Mouth” to a seated Horemheb
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An anonymous priest performs the ritual of the “Opening of the Mouth” to a seated Horemheb, who is not shown in this picture
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This short passage connects the Statue Room with the Second Courtyard of the Memphite Tomb of Horemheb
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Six Egyptian officers observe the scene where a Nubian chieftain is forced into submission
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An Egyptian officer forces a Nubian chieftain to “smell the ground” before Horemheb, while military scribes record the details
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A row of frightened Asian prisoners are manacled and attached by the neck to one another, led forcefully by their Egyptian captors
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Foreign emissaries implore clemency, an intermediary shares it with Horemheb, who turns to the royal couple to announce their supplication
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On the right, Horemheb listens to his intermediary, while on the left, he turns to the royal couple to announce the pleas for clemency from foreign emissaries
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Lybian, Asiatic, and Nubian emissaries plea for clemency through an intermediary, who shares their supplication to Horemheb
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Funeral scene where a professional mourner is next to piles of foodstuff, the vases recall the ritual breaking of the red vases during the funerary ceremony
