. A guide to the third and fourth Egyptian rooms : predynastic antiquites, mummied birds and animals, portrait statues, figures of gods, tools, implements and weapons, scarabs, amulets, jewellery, and other objects connected with the funeral rites of the ancient Egyptians . Pluh. Seker. and as such became the type of re-creation, new births,and the resurrection. Ptah-Tanen represented one of the great creative lorcesof the world, and assisted in the creation of the cosmic egg,out of which sprang the world. Tanen w as originally the godof living but inert matter, but merged into Ptah he becamea
. A guide to the third and fourth Egyptian rooms : predynastic antiquites, mummied birds and animals, portrait statues, figures of gods, tools, implements and weapons, scarabs, amulets, jewellery, and other objects connected with the funeral rites of the ancient Egyptians . Pluh. Seker. and as such became the type of re-creation, new births,and the resurrection. Ptah-Tanen represented one of the great creative lorcesof the world, and assisted in the creation of the cosmic egg,out of which sprang the world. Tanen w as originally the godof living but inert matter, but merged into Ptah he becamean active principle of all life, and the grandfather of thegods. He is depicted in human form, with the horns,plumes, and disk of Tanen and the symbols of Osiris. K 2 THIRD EGYPTIAN ROOM W \ CASES [31, Sekhet, the wife of Ptah, is de-pi* ted in th<- f(»rm f the suns rays ; shelived on the head of her and >hot out blazing fire uponhis enemies. Her son was railedNefer-Temu, or Nefer-Atmu, andhe appears in human form ; on hishead he wears a lotus flower sur-mounted by the double plumes ofsolar gods. Some legends declarehim to be the son of Ptah andBast. Another god who is oftenmentioned as the third memberof the triad of Memphis is I-em-hetep, but it is doubtful if he is asancient as Nefer-Temu, and heappears to have Seker as * siri:-. been originall)a sage of Mem-phis, who wasdeified after($ ^J J death. Ex- __ amples of thesegods worthy ofnote are :— No. 10. Ptah, in mummied form,standing on a rectangular pedestal withsteps. [No. 11,019.] No. 11. Bronze figure of Ptah, with the attributes
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