. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. , and Mert-meht says : Thou risest [in] beauty in theHorizon of Eternity.^ The presenceof these goddesses of vegetation con-nects Osiris with the inundation andcrops of the country. In this picturethe god is called Ptah-Sekri-Asar,~and thus is regarded as a triad ofgods of the dead. The Papyrus ofNekht^ supplies another interestingpicture of Osiris. The god is seatedon his throne as usual, and behindhim rises the mountain of Amenti,from the top of which two arms areextended to receive the solar the deceased and his wifeand the god is a lake
. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. , and Mert-meht says : Thou risest [in] beauty in theHorizon of Eternity.^ The presenceof these goddesses of vegetation con-nects Osiris with the inundation andcrops of the country. In this picturethe god is called Ptah-Sekri-Asar,~and thus is regarded as a triad ofgods of the dead. The Papyrus ofNekht^ supplies another interestingpicture of Osiris. The god is seatedon his throne as usual, and behindhim rises the mountain of Amenti,from the top of which two arms areextended to receive the solar the deceased and his wifeand the god is a lake, or ornamentalpiece of water, from the sides ofwhich grow date-palms, etc. Fromone corner of it a vine springs, and itsluxuriant leaves and bunches of grapes extend towards theface of the god. Here again Osiris is specially connectedwith the vine, and the fact that the Lady Anhai appearsm her papyrus with vine branches about her (seePlate VI) as she stands before him is a further proof ofthis fact (see the Frontispiece to this volume).. Osiris of Philae. Ml ci n I ^■^ \\ s- 2 D W 2 British Museum, No. 10,471. 46 Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection In the Ptolemaic Period some interesting additionsappear in the scenes in which Osiris plays the chief , in a relief at Denderah/ the god, arrayed in agarment which reaches to his ankles, stands holding hissymbols of sovereignty. Before him stands Horus,son of Isis and Osiris, holding a knife in his left the god and his father is the terrible slave stick T, which is stuck in the ground, and to it is tied by the arms an ass-headed man in a kneelingposition. Three knives stick in his stomach. This
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