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

5. _Sejant gods_ ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. I am compelled for want of a

better word to use the heraldic term which most nearly expresses the posture of gods sitting on the ground with their knees raised up against their breasts. The posture is a very common one in Egyptian pictures. The second Sallier Papyrus represents an unfortunate artisan as sitting, ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂ “with his two knees at the pit of his stomach.” The ⁂⁂⁂⁂ is the limb between the knee and the pelvis.