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Ramses III as Osiris—between the goddesses Nephthys and Isis....
Relief on the cover of the sarcophagus (at Cambridge). After Sharpe.
Inscription (round the edges of cover), as far as decipherable.
“Osiris, King of Upper and Lower Egypt, lord of the two countries ... son of the Sun, beloved of the gods, lord of diadems, Rameses, prince of Heliopolis, triumphant! Thou art in the condition of a god, thou shalt arise as Usr, there is no enemy to thee, I give to thee triumph among them....” Budge, Catalogue, Egyptian Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
- Author
- The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Outline of History - Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind, by H. G. Wells published 1920
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- Sunday 12 April 2020
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- 848*998
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- Mythology, Place:Egypt, Religion
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