The Two Headless Statues of The Royal Scribe Saiset In Cairo Museum (CG 1204 and CG 1115) | ||||
The Scientific Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Alexandria University | ||||
Article 17, Volume 17, Issue 2, December 2020, Page 267-281 PDF (1.56 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/thalexu.2020.51678.1037 | ||||
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Author | ||||
Sahar Elkasrawy ![]() | ||||
Tourist Guiding Department Faculty of Arts Ain Shams University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Abydos is one of the main sites of the 8th Nome of Upper Egypt called TA wr. From Middle Kingdom on grew the cult of Osiris and with-it Abydos became the main religious and ceremonial center that drew individuals to participate in the festival, built cenotaph or deposit a votive offering like a stela or votive sarcophagus, statue or an Ushabti. They placed it near the temple of Osiris or on processional route. This is with the hope to guarantee their own afterlife existence beside Osiris, god of Dead and participate in the offerings presented to him. During the 18thand 19th Dynasty there were more than one person with the name Saiset, who bore title overseer of the granaries of Amun. This study concerns the two statues of Saiset, the son of Ahmose who served during the reign of Tutmosis IV and Amenhotep III and comes from Abydos and buried there. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Abydos; Osiris; Horus; Isis Nebt-tawy; Naophores statue | ||||
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