The Open court . other nature and too strong to be setaside lightly. Professor Richard Wiinsch, a German archaeologist, througha systematic investigation of lead tablets containing Sethian curses,has succeeded in solving the problem of the Spottcrucifix. He haspublished his investigations in a booklet entitled Sethianische Ver-fluchunf^s/afeln aus Rom (Teubner, Leipzig), and we take pleasurehere in calling attention to the results of his lucubrations, for theyactually solve the problem of the scrawled crucifix of the Palatium. ANUBIS, SETH, AND CHRISl 71 SKTH. Before we enter into the details
The Open court . other nature and too strong to be setaside lightly. Professor Richard Wiinsch, a German archaeologist, througha systematic investigation of lead tablets containing Sethian curses,has succeeded in solving the problem of the Spottcrucifix. He haspublished his investigations in a booklet entitled Sethianische Ver-fluchunf^s/afeln aus Rom (Teubner, Leipzig), and we take pleasurehere in calling attention to the results of his lucubrations, for theyactually solve the problem of the scrawled crucifix of the Palatium. ANUBIS, SETH, AND CHRISl 71 SKTH. Before we enter into the details of the case set forth by Pro-fessor Wiinsch, a brief explanation of the nature of the ancient godSeth—who is also called Set, Sut, and Sutech—will be in place. Seth is in many respects a more important god than Anubis,but his character changed during the various periods of Egyptianhistory. His worship as one of the great gods can be traced backto as early a date as the fifth dynasty, and he remained until the. HoREMHEB Protected by Seth and Hor^(King Horemheb lived in the fourteenth century B. C.) nineteenth dynasty so popular that kings of that period frequentlycall themselves beloved of Seth. He represented the Sun in theSouth and apparently symbolised its destructive powers. He wasthe god of war, of victory, of conquest. But the time came whenthe Hyksos, foreign invaders of Semitic origin, took possession ofLower Egypt; and these formidable foes worshipped a god whowas identified with Seth and symbolised by the same emblems. 1 Lepsius, Denki)p. 222. (Specs of Gebel Addeh, Nubia; cf. Wiedemann. R. A. E., 72 THE OPKN COURT,
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