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Title: A guide to the third and fourth Egyptian rooms : predynastic antiquites, mummied birds and animals, portrait statues, figures of gods, tools, implements and weapons, scarabs, amulets, jewellery, and other objects connected with the funeral rites of the ancient Egyptians
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934 Hall, H. R. (Harry Reginald), 1873-1930
Subjects: British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Egypt Egypt -- Antiquities Catalogs
Publisher: (London) : Printed by order of the Trustees
Contributing Library: New York University, Institute of Fine Arts Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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0. ind the mother of the god, and her incantations, whichshe had learned from Thoth, were de< lared to be Irresistible.When her son Horus was stung to death by .1 scorpion,the appeal for help which she add re 1 <l to the sun god Rawas so effective, that he stopped in his course, and sentThoth to teach her the words which, if properly recited,would restore 1 loins to life. When Isis had made use of
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(sis-Selqet. Isis-1 lal-mehil. Isis-.Mul,or (sis-Sept. the words, life returned to her child, and then Thoth re-entered the boat of the sun and Ra went again on his way.Isis possessed many attributes, and was identified withmany goddesses, e.g., with Selqet, the scorpion-goddess,with Sept, the goddess of the star bothis, with Hat-mehita local fish-goddess, who was widely worshipped in theDelta, and with Mut, Hathor, etc. The form, however,under which she most appealed to the Egyptians was that OSIRIS AND HIS COMPANY OF GODS. 143 of the loving, protecting mother, and she was held to bethe mother of the dead as well as of the living. Thefigures of this goddess commonly represent her in the actof suckling her child Horus, and the British Museum col-lection comprises about 140 such figures, 40 in bronze, and100 in porcelain. Closely connected with Osiris and Isis were Set and

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