. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. hers, 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 sym
. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. hers, 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 figure is described as OsirisUn-Nefer, dweller in the Templeof Men-Maat-Ra,^ and is entreatedto give every kind of physical well-being to him (, to the king).The attributes of Un-nefer are notknown. It is probable that in hisoldest form he was a god of the 1 Mariette, Abydos, torn. I, Plate Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, Chap. Mariette, Abydos, torn. I, Plate 40. 4. 4. Tet as an old man. ^^ 54 Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection dead, but in late times he was only a phase, so to speak,of Osiris. The name seems to mean BeneficentBeing, and in the New Empire it had already becomea tide of Osiris, as we see from the following phrasesfrom the Hymn to Osiris in the Papyrus of Hunefer(Sheet 3) :
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