THE SYMBOLIC MEAIG OF THE

SCEE OF UT, GEB, AD SHU

Joost Kramer
University of Leiden
ABSTRACT
A well-known Egyptian religious scene is that of the separation of heaven and earth.
With some exceptions dating to later periods, all scenes belong to the Third Intermediate
Period (TIP). But what is its symbolic meaning?
In this article it is argued that the scene is not cosmogonical, i.e. it does not reflect the
mythological episode in which Atum separates the sky from the earth, thus making
possible the solar cycle and life in general. In the TIP-scene this separation has already
taken place and is now a passive, fixed situation. Another important aspect in the TIPscene is the solar cycle which may present the stage in solar theology in which the sun
sets and commences its journey through the Netherworld in order to be resurrected in the
morning. The aim of the deceased is to travel along with the solar barge and become
regenerated, and this may be the reason why the scene is attested in a funerary context.

RESUME
Une des scnes religieuses gyptiennes la plus connue est la scne de la sparation du
ciel et de la terre. Elle est date de la troisime priode intermdiaire, mais il y a
quelques exceptions, qui sont postrieures. Mais quelle est la signification symbolique
de cette scne?
Dans cet article, on discute que la scne n'est pas cosmogonique, a veut dire, elle ne
reflte pas l'pisode mythologique dans lequel Atoum spara le ciel de la terre et, grce
a, le cycle solaire et donc toute la vie ont pu venir l'existence. Dans cette scne de la
troisime priode intermdiaire, la sparation s'est dj produite, c'est une situation
passive. Un autre lment essentiel, mis en relief dans la scne de la sparation, est le
thme du cycle solaire, qui peut illustrer un passage de la thologie solaire dans laquelle
le soleil se couche le soir et entre dans la Douat pour se rgnrer et pour ensuite
rapparatre au matin. Le but du dfunt est de voyager dans la barque solaire et obtenir la
rgnration pour lui-mme. C'est pourquoi cette scne est bien atteste en contexte
funraire.

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ITRODUCTIO
A well-known scene in Egyptian mythology is the so-called scene of
the separation of heaven and earth. In this scene we can see the sky-goddess
Nut positioned in a vault, her finger and toe tips touching the ground.
Underneath her, the earth-god Geb is lying. Between the two, Shu is
standing. His arms are raised, thus supporting Nut (see fig. 1). Although
research on this topic is not quite ample for example, no systematic
catalogue has been published the general consensus has arisen that the
scene is a representation of a cosmogonical stage in which Shu separates
Nut from Geb herewith creating the cosmos and the preconditions of life.
But does this scene really express the cosmogonical conceptions put
forward in the Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts predating it by thousand
years? In this article I would like to point out that scene and text do not
always coincide. I will try to give an alternative view of the symbolic
meaning of the scene of the separation of heaven and earth.

Fig. 1 Coffin of Amenhotep (Leiden, Museum of Antiquities AMM 16).

For my M.A. thesis, I collected 75 scenes. The present article is

based on this corpus. A peculiarity of this scene is that it is predominantly
restricted to the Third Intermediate Period. By my knowledge there are two
scenes dated to the 25th dynasty and one scene to the 30th. It is mostly

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depicted on the abundantly decorated coffins from priests of Amun-Ra in

Thebes. It is also to be found on the mythological papyri and one scene is
carved in the walls of the burial chamber of Sheshonq D, son of Osorkon II.

GEB AD UT I THE COSMOGOIES

As mentioned above, the scene of Nut, Geb and Shu is often viewed
as a representation of a cosmogony. The scene will be compared to the texts
relating of Geb and Nut being separated, which is most relevant here.
Comparison will mostly be made on textual grounds since all TIP-scenes
contain inscriptions if even a few.
The bulk of the passages concerning the three deities come from the
Coffin Texts. However, predecessors are to be found in the Pyramid Texts.
The theme reappears in the late 18th early 19th dynasty, where a solar hymn
contains some similar phrases. So why then is the TIP-scene connected to
these texts? First of all, the texts deal with three deities, Geb, Nut and Shu.
They are said to be positioned in the exact same pose as we can see them in
the scenes. For example:

Passage 1 (CT 76 II 2b-b, B1C9):

iw=i wrd.kw r sts.w w

r f=i s.t=i w.t tp=i di=i s(y) n it=i Tm m r=f rd(i).n=i Gb r
rd.w.y=i
"Now, I grew tired under the supportings1 of Shu
Since I carry my daughter Nut above me, I give her to my father
Atum in his domain, I placed Geb underneath my feet."

I.e. Shu himself grows tired of supporting the weight of Nut.

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Passage 2 (CT 78 II 19 a-c, 20 b-d ):

N b w rdy n=f w.t tp.t Gb r rd.w.y=f

N im.y.tw=sny
"N is the ba of Shu, Nut was placed for him on top and Geb beneath
his feet
N is in between them"
And finally passage 3 (Tura hymn to Amun):

(i).n=k p.t dr.n=k sTw r sws t pn n tit=k

"You have elevated the sky, you have lowered the soil
in order to widen this land for your image"
According to these three passages Shu is positioned in the middle. He is
raising or supporting Nut on top of him while Geb is at his feet. This
corresponds minutely to the TIP-scene.
Now let us look in more detail to the character of the cosmogonical
passages, what do they really express? Except maybe for passage 1, all texts
deal with an act of movement, of separation, shifting from a former situation
to a new situation. In passage (2) Nut and Geb are actively put on top and
underneath Shu thus making a distinction with the situation of Nut and Geb
not being placed on top and underneath Shu. Likewise in the Tura Hymn,
the sky is elevated ((i)) and the earth is lowered (dr). Apparently, they
were not elevated or lowered before. Two more examples maybe:
Passage 4 (PT 627, pyr. 1778b):

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I(i) rt Tm n sr p.t ir t nww

"The one who took the nature of Atum as the separation of the sky
from the earth and the Nun"
Passage 5 (CT 80 II 39d-g ):

m wn=f woy m pr=f m mt

m wp(i).t=f Gb r w.t
"As he was one and became three
as he separated Geb from Nut."
Again there is an active separation expressed either by the noun sr or the
verb wp(i). It is clear that in the cosmogonical texts the separation functions
as a division between different stages or might be regarded as a stage in
itself developing from the primordial Nun to a cosmos inhabited even by
the human race.
Does the TIP-scene communicate this same concept? This appears
not to be so. Among all the inscriptions present in 75 scenes, there is only
one mentioning a separation:
Passage 6 (papyrus Cairo museum, number unknown):

P.t s(i).t w.t wr.t

"The sky, the raising of Nut, the great"
If we would assume that an active separation like in the cosmogonies would
have been the essential theme, much more attention should be paid to this
phenomenon. Instead the scene seems to express a fixed state, a steady

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cosmos created in the past and maintained by Shu for an indefinite period of
time to come. So we should look elsewhere for the quintessential idea
behind the TIP-scene. A start might be to ask why the sky got separated
from the earth instead of how.

Fig. 2 Cairo, Egyptian Museum, Coffin of Ankhrui (Petrie 1889, pl. 2).

The idea of Shu as a supporter of the sky rather than a separator can
be backed up by the identification of Shu with other deities.
In two scenes Shu appears as Bes (fig. 2): one in a scene on the
coffin of Nesi-per-Nebu currently in Vienna dated to the middle or late 21st
dynasty; the other on a coffin dated to the 30th dynasty, found in Hawara of
which the current whereabouts are unknown. The Vienna-coffin provides us
with an inscription enabling us to identify the deity as Shu despite of his
physical nature. Bes and Shu are not known to forge a syncretistic deity.
There is one aspect they have in common: supporter of the sky. Bes can be
found in the mammisi of Nectanebo (contemporary to the Hawara-coffin)
where the abaci contain his image (Daumas 1959: pl. 36a). Bes can also be
depicted on headrests thus supporting the head of the sleeper (Konrad 2007:
135).
The TIP-scene is often directly connected to the god Thoth. This
deity appears at the shoulders of the anthropomorphic coffins of this period.
The scene of Geb and Shu is mostly placed right next to Thoth at the arms
and the god is incorporated into the scene. Thoth is holding a staff with a

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symbol of the West on top of it. A formula taken from BD 161 can
accompany him. In this spell four figures of Thoth support the sky on their
staffs. This iconographic feature is copied to the coffin as early as the 18th
dynasty on shoulders and feet.
So the notion of supporting the sky is present in the TIP-scene. Still,
this does not give us an answer to the question of the symbolic meaning of
the scene. We have to leave the cosmogonies for cosmological views.

SOLAR SYMBOLISM
An aspect clearly present in the scenes of Geb and Nut is the solar
symbolism. Iconographic elements such as sun discs, emblems of the
Netherworld and sun barges allude to the cycle of the sun. Also there are
textual references such as a description on the Cairo coffin JE 29706:
Dw(i).t R m tp=f m dw.t t.t
"The praising of Ra in his setting in the secret Netherworld"
Basically, the solar cycle is the journey daily made by the sun
(Assmann 1975: 1087). There are two main motives discernable in the solar
cycle:
1. The motive of movement in which the sun god makes his daily
journey. As means of transport, the sun god travels on a barge. There
is a barge used during the day, the manD.t-barge, and there is a
night-barge, the mskt.t-barge.
2. Secondly, there is the motive of regeneration and resurrection.
These two motives of the solar cycle, especially the nocturnal journey,
can be represented differently. The arched body of Nut can be seen as a
circuit upon which the sun and the stars traverse (first motive). Nut is at the
same time the mother who regenerates the sun god by giving birth to him
(second motive). The journey could also be seen as the sun god travelling
through the sky during the day and through the Netherworld during the
night.

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UT AD THE MOTIVES OF MOVEMET AD MYTHOLOGY

Mainly, Nut plays a cosmographical or even astronomical role in
different books, for instance the "Book of Nut" and the "Book of Night and
Day". Although the idea of Nut giving birth to the sun god every morning is
much older (Assmann 1969: 120-122), the iconographical position of Nut is
first represented in the 19th dynasty. Nut appears in the exact same position
in the "Book of Nut".

THE "BOOK OF UT"

In its complete form, this corpus comprises a "Nut-image", texts
about the circuits of planets and the moon, and the "dramatical text". It can
be found on monuments and on papyri (Von Lieven 2007: 15-19). In case of
the latter, the "Nut-image" is omitted with the exception of pOxford 79/105,
which has a monumental layout (Von Lieven 2007: 16).2 The texts
accompanying the "Nut-image", however, are attested on the papyri as well.
In contrast to books of the Netherworld, the "Book of Nut" does not
primarily focus on the solar cycle (Von Lieven 2007: 293). This has been
reserved for the "Nut-image". The book as a whole is by no means a
funerary text, but it is rather a handbook for religious astronomy (Von
Lieven 2007, 295).
The "Nut-image" consists of a female figure bent in an arch. Her
head is in the west and her back part, which is the place of birth, is in the
east. Underneath the womb of Nut a description reads "eastern horizon".
Here, the sun god comes out of the vulva of the goddess and ascends the sky
in the form of a scarab. He proceeds across the sky and takes the form of a
disc. In the west the sun god meets his father Osiris and enters the
Netherworld, about which descriptions are given.

THE "BOOK OF DAY AD IGHT"

In layout, the "Book of Day and Night" consists of the arched body
of Nut, bent over a text and images divided over twelve scenes. In the upper
2

The 'Nut-image' is attested in the cenotaph of Seti I, the tombs of Ramesses IV and
Mutardis and on pOxford 79/105.

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part the "Book of Day" is depicted (Roulin 1998, 226). It starts with the
birth of the sun at sunrise and ends with sunset when Nut eats the sun. In the
lower part the Book of Night is placed, divided over three registers, thus
resembling the Amduat (Roulin 1996: 356). It gives a description of the path
to take by the deceased and of the resurrection of Osiris but the sun god
does not unite with Osiris (Roulin 1996: 359).

THE SOLAR CYCLE THROUGH THE DAY SKY AD THE ETHERWORLD
When the solar cycle is not imagined as a journey through the body
of Nut, it is perceived as the day sky and the Netherworld through which the
sun god travels. It can be rendered to the figure below:

Fig. 3 The solar cycle as viewed by the Egyptians (after Assmann 1975, 1088).

The cycle starts with the sunrise (designated "I" in the figure), when the sun
enters the day sky or rather when it exits the Netherworld (Hornung 1991:
185f). The sun god has the guise of a scarab. Every morning that the
sunrises can be seen as a repetition of the "first time" that the sun rose out of
the Nun. It rises from the eastern horizon called Bakhu. Every morning the
sunrise can be seen as a repetition of the "first time" that the sun rose out of
the Nun. It rises from the eastern horizon called Bakhu. Iconographically, it
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The journey through the sky of the midday can be seen as the
dominion of the sun god over his enemies (Assmann 1983: 73). The sun
appears here as Ra.
The day-journey ends at the western horizon called Manu and the
evening-night cycle starts ("III" and "IV" in the figure). Here the sun is
welcomed in the Netherworld as if the journey through the day sky was not
the aim but just a passing-through (Assmann 1983: 85). The sun god takes
the appearance of the ram-headed Atum.

MYTHOLOGICAL MOTIVE OF THE JOUREY OF THE IGHT THROUGH THE

ETHERWORLD
We have seen that the sun as Ra celebrates life and his victory over
evil in the day sky, while during the night the sun travels through the
Netherworld, the realm of Osiris and of death. But Ra is always travelling
towards death while the sun in the realm of Osiris travels to life. In this way
life and death become interchangeable (Piankoff 1964: 10). This explains
why scenes of both the solar cycle as well as the Osirian cycle are depicted
on coffins, papyri and in the tomb of Shoshenq D. Life implies death, while
death means resurrection to new life (Piankoff 1964: 10). This notion brings
Ra and Osiris together and is conceptualized in the unification of the bas of
Ra and Osiris which become an entity. This is described already in the NK
in the tomb of Nefertari and in BD 17. In the Book of Caverns and in the
Litany of Ra it can be seen as the main theme. In the tomb of Nefertari the
unified Ra and Osiris are depicted in the form of a mummy with the head of
a ram. The inscriptions reads:
R pw tp m Wsir
Wsir tp m R
"This is Ra who has come to rest in Osiris
Osiris has come to rest in Ra"
The exact relation between the two gods is hence left undetermined. It is not
clear which god has come to rest in which one. Every day Ra in the form of
his body descends into the Netherworld where he has to become Osiris,
similar to the human dead, but contrary to the human dead, Ra and Osiris

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incorporate themselves in their own beings so that they have one body
(Hornung 2005: 96). The image of this body remains in the Netherworld
while the ba-spirit ascends to the sky (Hornung 1963: 193).
In the Ramesside period the notion of a transcendent pantheistic
deity develops.3 According to Assmann, this transcendent deity has two
aspects. In one aspect, a life god gives three elements of life: light, water
and air (Assmann 1983: 261). Stanzas of solar-hymns are based upon this
division. In the second aspect a creator god occupies the cosmos created as a
space for his threefold personification of ba, image and corpse (Assmann
1983: 261). This corresponds to the body remaining in the Netherworld and
the ba ascending to the sky.

Fig. 4 Coffin of Khonsu-mes, Uppsala, Victoria Museum n 228 (Starck 1977).

Whether or not pantheism existed in Egypt remains a discussion. In Hornungs opinion

there is no true pantheism, since this involves a transcendent deity manifesting himself in
every element in the cosmos. Although some deities have a myriad of manifestations
perceivable through their ba's, not everything was deified (Hornung 2005: 131-132).
Assmann does not take the sense too strictly that everything has a divine manifestation. In
his view, one may speak of pantheism in Egypt since Amun-Ra could only be perceived
through his ba's in the form of other gods, flora and fauna (Assmann 1984, 279-280). In
pantheism the appearance and nature of the transcendent god remains unknown. However
Egyptian deities are often represented iconographically and textually. For instance in a
magical papyrus in the Brooklyn Museum a detailed, textual description is given of Bes
Pantheos while he is depicted in the vignettes (Sauneron 1970: 23, figs. 2-3). This does not
support the theory of pantheism in Egypt.

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Fig. 5 Coffin of Tanakhtnettahat (Atlanta, Michael C. Carlos Museum 1999.1.17).

COCLUDIG REMARKS AD COMPARISO TO THE TIP-SCEE

In appearance, Nut is depicted in the same position in the separationscenes as in the "Book of Nut" and in the "Book of the Night". Likewise,
the body of Nut can be covered with stars in the separation-scenes.
Furthermore, the west-east direction is given special importance. In many
scenes symbols of the West and of the East are placed next to Nut. Most of
the time it concerns two symbols of the West. However, in some cases a
symbol of the West is placed next to the head of Nut while there is a symbol
of the East next to her vulva.4 Nephtys can be depicted standing behind Nut
while Isis is standing in front of Nut. Nephtys is always associated with the
East, e.g. the eastern wind, or with the left, which in fact designated the East
as well (LGG IV: 97). Likewise, Isis was affiliated with the West.
Therefore, one can state in the separation-scene, that the head of Nut
is in the west while her legs are in the east. Winged sun discs can be placed
near the mouth or the head and the vulva of Nut. Often, barges, always with
a different crew, sail on the back, arms and legs of Nut or are raised by Shu.
Although the crew is different, a figure representing the sun god is always
present. This can be the sun god in the form of Khepri or Atum. It can also
be a sun disc shining down on a throne (see fig. 6). In the "Dramatical Text"
we read that the stars sail over the body of Nut. So does the sun god in the
separation-scenes.

For example Cairo coffin JE 29660 and Victoria Museum n 228 (see fig. 3) (as
goddesses), Leiden AMM 16 (see fig. 1), Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1999.1.17 (see fig.
4), and New York, MMA, 25.3.8 (only indicated by a standard).

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Fig. 6 Coffin of Imen-m-per-Mut, Cairo, Egyptian Museum JE 29706 (Niwiski 1989).

Fig. 7 Coffin of Taiuheret, Cairo, Egyptian Museum JE 26196 (Daressy 1909).

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Fig. 8 Papyrus of Tentamun, Paris, BnF n 172 (Te Velde 1970, pl. 30).

Here again, the west-east direction is emphasized by the symbols of

the West and the East. Moreover, in one scene the horizon of Manu (West)
is mentioned at the side of Nuts head and the horizon of Bakhu (East) at her
back part (see fig. 7). In some scenes the sun disc is received in the
Netherworld or is raised out of it. Iconographically, a pair of arms or a male
torso can perform these acts (see fig. 8, just in front of the arms of Nut and
Geb).
In the mythological motive, the body of Osiris remains in the
Netherworld while the ba of the sun god ascends to the sky. The recumbent
god is called twice Osiris instead of Geb. Furthermore, Geb has often
Osirian elements in the separation-scenes. He is almost always designated as
nb dwA.t, lord of the Netherworld, a function traditionally belonging to
Osiris. In other scenes he has Osirian attributes such as a flagellum and a
HqA-sceptre. But on the other hand, Geb is the father of Osiris and he was
also the first mythological king, which can be a reason why he has these
attributes. One can not state that Geb can be identified as Osiris, that they
are equal. But Geb does incorporate a strong Osirian notion. In concreto,
Geb may incorporate the earth, but symbolically he denotes the
Netherworld.
The separation-scene seems to bring the two ways of representing
the solar-cycle together: the body of Nut is seen as the sky over which the
sun barges sail; she eats the sun god in the west and gives birth to him in the
east. But at the same time, the sun can be raised out of the Netherworld or
lowered into it by arms embracing it. Due to its funerary context, the scene

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can also be seen as the sun god/deceased entering the Netherworld where he
unites with Osiris/the deceased. The body of Osiris/the deceased is in these
scenes depicted by Geb. Geb has often a greenish skin colour which can in
connection with Osiris signify regeneration. This is what happens; the sun
god/deceased is regenerated or resurrected and ascends to the day sky.

COCLUSIOS
The main question of this article concerns the meaning of the scene
of the separation.
As we have seen this is twofold. It can be seen as the depiction of a
cosmogonical concept dating back to the time of the PTs. It suggests the
creation of the cosmos. Out of unity came diversity, existence. However, the
evidence that the separation-scene is a depiction of this cosmogonical stage
is not ample. Geb, Nut and Shu are formed in the exact position as is
described in the cosmogonical spells of the PTs and the CTs and Shu is
always designated as the son of Ra accordingly to the cosmogony where he
is the son of Atum-Ra. But the essence of the cosmogony is the separation
of heaven and earth, the act of Geb and Nut being separated. This seems not
to be the essence in the separation-scenes. Virtually no textual comments
are made indicating that it is the separation that is of importance.
Iconographically, movement is hardly rendered in Egyptian twodimensional representations so it is hard to take the iconography into
account.
That the sky is supported and not separated from the earth becomes
clear because of two different appearances of Shu. In scenes on the Hawara
and Vienna coffins, Shu is depicted as Bes. This deity was seen as a
supporting power but by no means as a separating power. Another deity is
Thoth, who is often incorporated into the TIP-scene. He holds a staff
supporting the sky. In the papyrus of Nisti-ta-Nebet-Taui (Cairo JE 40017),
Shu is cynocephalic, the baboon being an appearance of Thoth.
The solar cycle plays a more important role. Here, Nut as the sky is
already separated from Geb, the earth. There are two motives
distinguishable in the cycle: one of movement and one of mythology. They
can both be traced back in the body of Nut. The sun god travels through her
body and solar barges sail on top of it. Meanwhile, Nut eats the sun god in
the evening in the west as a mythical death and gives birth to him every

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morning in the east by which he is resurrected. The motives of movement

and mythology can also be discerned in a journey through the day sky and
the Netherworld. In the evening the sun god dies in the west. He enters the
Netherworld where he unites with Osiris. This is only temporarily, because
the sun god as a regenerated ba exits the Netherworld to ascend the day sky,
while his body, identified with Osiris, remains in the Netherworld. The
deceased can be associated with both Osiris and the sun god. In this sense
the body of the deceased stays in the Netherworld, while his ba joins the sun
god in his solar barge traveling across the day sky. Geb can allude to Osiris
in some separation-scenes; he is designated with the title lord of the
Netherworld and has Osirian attributes. Thus, the separation-scene can be
seen as a depiction of the deceased merging with the sun god and Osiris in
the Netherworld, leaving his body behind and ascending the day sky in
triumph together with the sun god.
In a funerary context both themes fit well. The main theme of the
cosmogony is of course creation. The themes of the solar cycle as put
forward here are resurrection and regeneration, which are in fact no more
than the re-enactment of creation.
These conclusions are preliminary. A thorough analysis placing the
scene of Geb and Nut in context with the surrounding scenes would be very
useful.

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