. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. 3. Tet as an old man. 2. A priest supporting Tet with the head ofOsiris in the presence of Isis, Busirls.^ The temple, or place,in which the Tet was worshippedwas, in later times, called Per-Seker, , the House ofSilence. At a very early periodOsiris was assimilated to the Tet,and the ceremony of settingup the Tet became the equivalentof the reconstitution of the back-bone and of the body of Osirisgenerally. The Tet can hardlyhave been a tree with branches,but it may have been confusedwith a tree trunk, or a sort ofcoffer or framework made of atree t

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. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. 3. Tet as an old man. 2. A priest supporting Tet with the head ofOsiris in the presence of Isis, Busirls.^ The temple, or place,in which the Tet was worshippedwas, in later times, called Per-Seker, , the House ofSilence. At a very early periodOsiris was assimilated to the Tet,and the ceremony of settingup the Tet became the equivalentof the reconstitution of the back-bone and of the body of Osirisgenerally. The Tet can hardlyhave been a tree with branches,but it may have been confusedwith a tree trunk, or a sort ofcoffer or framework made of atree trunk, in which the relic ofOsiris, which was venerated atBusiris, was kept. Quite earlyin the Dynastic Period the cultof Osiris-Tet made its way south-wards, and reached the Nomeof This, and became established ^ From the Egyptian Per-Asar2 Bergmann in , 1880, p. 90. The Name and Iconography of Osiris 53

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