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Period: Late Imperial. Date: early 3rd century A.D.. Culture: Roman, Egyptian. Medium: Papyrus. Dimensions: H.: 4 x 3 1/8 in. (10.2 x 7.9 cm). Classificatio...
[EGYPT 29944] ’Papyrus and lotus flowers at Abydos’. In this relief detail we see pharaoh Seti I presenting papyrus (left) and lotus flowers (right) to Geb and Nut (who are outside the frame of the picture). The relief can be found on the east wall of the Inner Osiris Hall in the Seti I Temple at Abydos. The scenes in this hall depict rites in the Osiris Mysteries which were enacted once a year at Abydos to celebrated the resurrection of Osiris, the son of sky goddess Nut and earth god Geb…