. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. 3. Tet as an old man. 2. A priest supporting Tet with the head ofOsiris in the presence of Isis, Busirls.^ The temple, or place,in which the Tet was worshippedwas, in later times, called Per-Seker, , the House ofSilence. At a very early periodOsiris was assimilated to the Tet,and the ceremony of settingup the Tet became the equivalentof the reconstitution of the back-bone and of the body of Osirisgenerally. The Tet can hardlyhave been a tree with branches,but it may have been confusedwith a tree trunk, or a sort ofcoffer or framework made of atree t
. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. 3. Tet as an old man. 2. A priest supporting Tet with the head ofOsiris in the presence of Isis, Busirls.^ The temple, or place,in which the Tet was worshippedwas, in later times, called Per-Seker, , the House ofSilence. At a very early periodOsiris was assimilated to the Tet,and the ceremony of settingup the Tet became the equivalentof the reconstitution of the back-bone and of the body of Osirisgenerally. The Tet can hardlyhave been a tree with branches,but it may have been confusedwith a tree trunk, or a sort ofcoffer or framework made of atree trunk, in which the relic ofOsiris, which was venerated atBusiris, was kept. Quite earlyin the Dynastic Period the cultof Osiris-Tet made its way south-wards, and reached the Nomeof This, and became established ^ From the Egyptian Per-Asar2 Bergmann in , 1880, p. 90. The Name and Iconography of Osiris 53. Osiris-Seker. at the capital, Abtu, or Abydos. Under the New Empire it was confidently asserted that Abydos possessed the veritable body of Osiris, and the symbol of Osiris- Tet is described as the holy Tet in Abydos.^ The statement of Plutarch as to the rival claims of Busiris and Abydos shows that the tradition had reached the ^ Sometimes the Tet is surmounted by the horns, feathers, disk, etc., which belong to Osiris, or Osiris Khenti-Amenti, and sometimes by the head and bust of Osiris, or by his head, with horns and plumes on the top of it. Rarely, Khenti-Amenti is represented as an old man, whose head forms the base of the Tet, on which rest the feathers, horns, etc., which are the attributesof Osiris (see p. 52). A very unusual form of Osiris, or Osiris Un-Nefer,is found on a relief at Abydos^(see p. 51). On a high pylon-shaped pedestal is a kneelinghuman figure, on the neck of whichstands a Tet, within the loop ofthe symbol of life, which takesthe place of a head and n
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