A second series of the Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians, including their religion, agriculture, &cDerived from a comparison of the paintings, sculptures, and monuments still existing, with the accounts of ancient authors . ^\Z 9 ::hi 51 „^ ^ +1 Some of the titles of Osiris. cut; and the papyri frequently present a list of49 names of Osiris in the funeral rituals. In the British Museum, isa strange figure, supposed bysome of Osiris, which ap-pears to have been intendedfor holding a papyrus; apurpose to which the smallwooden statues of that Goddeposited in the tombs areoften applied.
A second series of the Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians, including their religion, agriculture, &cDerived from a comparison of the paintings, sculptures, and monuments still existing, with the accounts of ancient authors . ^\Z 9 ::hi 51 „^ ^ +1 Some of the titles of Osiris. cut; and the papyri frequently present a list of49 names of Osiris in the funeral rituals. In the British Museum, isa strange figure, supposed bysome of Osiris, which ap-pears to have been intendedfor holding a papyrus; apurpose to which the smallwooden statues of that Goddeposited in the tombs areoften applied. But its formis unusual, and, until more isknown of its date and use,we may scruple to admit it Supposed figure of Osiris, a fiiiurc of Osir 1 hc 1) ic- roglyphics, it is true, painted on the pedestal that VOL. I. — Second Series. Y. 322 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XlII- supports it, are of early time, and present the nameof Osiris on one side, and of Osiris, Amun-re,Lord (of the thrones?) of the world, president ofThebes, Aroeris? on the other; but it is evidentthat this did not belong originally to the statue,having been applied to it, probably by those whofound it at Thebes, (like some more in this andother museums,) to increase its support, its beauty,or its value. There is therefore great uncertainty,both respecting its age, and the person it represents. The custom of applying the name of Osiris bothto men and women, who were supposed to par-take sufficiently of the qualities of the good beingto be worthy that honour, appears to have someconnection with the Greek notion of Dionysus orBacchus (who was thought to answer to Osiris)being both male and female. * It is also worthyof remark, that Servius, in commenting on the** mystica vannus lacchi, of Virgil, affirms that* the sacred rites of Bacchus pertained to
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