Stela Showing a Deceased Conducted to Osiris

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 19 December 2015
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This stela shows that the deceased mummy is being conducted to Osiris by Anubis and Hathor. The inscription below the scene is in Demotic script. From Egypt, precise provenance of excavation is unknown. Ptolemaic period, 305-30 BCE. (National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin, Republic of Ireland)

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2015, December 19). Stela Showing a Deceased Conducted to Osiris. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4311/stela-showing-a-deceased-conducted-to-osiris/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Stela Showing a Deceased Conducted to Osiris." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified December 19, 2015. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4311/stela-showing-a-deceased-conducted-to-osiris/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Stela Showing a Deceased Conducted to Osiris." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 19 Dec 2015. Web. 20 Dec 2024.

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