Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia Images

Exam 3 material

[egyptbitches]

Meeks and Meeks figure 7

"Relief fragment depicting Osiris twice, enthroned and wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt. His sisters Isis (left) and Nephthys stand protectively behind him. Before each representation of Osiris is an altar heaped with offerings, while at the far left, a corpulent fecundity figure brings still more offerings."

From 10/31 hw

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Meeks and Meeks figure 6

"Because of the permanent separation of the sky and the earth, the earth god Geb was reduced to pleasuring himself. Normally, the sky was depicted as the goddess Nut; its representation here as a very ithyphallic male is a highly unusual detail. Between the legs of the sky god is a sun disk; the ram-headed god depicted inside it indicates that the sun is the ba, or 'manifestation,' of the creator-god."

From 10/31 hw

[egyptbitches]

Meeks and Meeks figure 5

Horus

From 10/31 hw

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Meeks and Meeks figure 4

"Bronze depicting a worshipper kneeling before the jackal-headed god Anubis and two uraei. The uraeus on the left wears the red crown of Lower Egypt, while that on the right wears the white crown of Upper Egypt; they are thus evidently Wadjyt and Nekhbet, the patron goddesses of Lower and Upper Egypt, respectively."

From 10/31 hw

[egyptbitches]

Meeks and Meeks figure 3

Horus as a youth.

From 10/31 hw

[egyptbitches]

BotD pg 30-31

Only deity identified in class is Maat who is the feather-headed deity on the far right.

Discussed in class 10/31

[egyptbitches]

BotD pg 34-35

Gods from left to right: Anubis, Anubis, Ammit, Thoth, Horus, udjet eye (manifested in the thing with wings), four children of Horus standing on lotus, Osiris wearing atef crown with ostrich feathers, Isis standing behind Nephthus

Discussed in class 10/31

[egyptbitches]

Spell 99

On right: ferryman.

"The name ferryman Mahaf originally meant 'the stern is behind him', i.e. the helmsman, but owing to the similarity of sound the meaning of the name was early misunderstood as 'he who sees behind him'; hence the ferryman is depicted in the manuscripts of The Book of the Dead as sitting in a boat with his head turned backwards" (BotD 90).

From 10/29 hw

[egyptbitches]

Ithyphallic figure of Osiris composed of corn wrapped in resinous bandages with a gilded beeswax face.

"Osiris could be worshipped as a god of agricultural fertility. Ithyphallic corn mummies were made and buried during festivals of Osiris. Their magical purpose was to give new life to the dead, just as the seed corn grew into new plants. The body of Osiris could also be shown regenerating inside a tree" (Pinch 179).

From 10/29 hw