miscellaneous, round arch, This limestone stele with round arch mentions the names of several persons who are related to each other. What is special about this stela is that there are no images on it. Six vertical lines of hieroglyphics are on the stela. The text contains a sacrificial formula for the god Osiris, for all the gods of Abydos and the gods Wepwawet and Anubis., Abydos had a great religious significance in Ancient Egypt. The god Osiris, god of the underworld, was thought to be buried here. The gods Wepwawet and Anoebis were also honored in Abydos. Wepwawet was the god who opened
miscellaneous, round arch, This limestone stele with round arch mentions the names of several persons who are related to each other. What is special about this stela is that there are no images on it. Six vertical lines of hieroglyphics are on the stela. The text contains a sacrificial formula for the god Osiris, for all the gods of Abydos and the gods Wepwawet and Anubis., Abydos had a great religious significance in Ancient Egypt. The god Osiris, god of the underworld, was thought to be buried here. The gods Wepwawet and Anoebis were also honored in Abydos. Wepwawet was the god who opened the roads in the underworld and with that, the death-god. Anubis was involved in the mummification., Stela, sandstone, 50 x 33 cm, Middle Kingdom, EgyptDescription of the Egyptian collection, II, 20, , L. Habachi, Elephantine IV (Mainz 1985), 75-7
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