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A SCENE FROM THE MYSTERIES OF OSIRIS AT PHILAE |
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The Osiris Mysteries as portrayed
in the Temple of Isis at Philae.(images After H. Rosellini,
Monumenti dell'Egitto e della Nubia, Vol. III (Pisa, 1844), Pl. XXIII.)
Click on the image above for a large detailed reproduction. |
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| This scene, a detail from above, illustrates the reanimation of Osiris. Here are portrayed the goddess Nepthys on the left and on the right the goddess Isis, both using hand gestures to help in his invigoration. We can now remember Osiris and restore the Opet scene to look like this: | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Restored scene proposing the remembering of Osiris. | ||||||||||||||||||
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