The Egyptian Book of the dead by P. Le Page Renouf and Edouard Naville

7. In the pictures in the royal tombs the sun-god stands in his boat

between ⁂ and ⁂⁂. Here it is said that Sau is at the West of Rā, meaning on his right side. Rā is spoken of here as if he were a human being, turning towards the South as all Egyptians did. His west is his right-hand side. Even now the Egyptian fellaheen in their language do not often say right and left, they generally make use of the points of the compass: west of thee, etc. ------------------------------------