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THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XVI. 



him to admission into the regions of the blessed, 

 was supposed to be again united to the Deity, 

 of whom he was an emanation * ; and, with the 

 emblem of Thmei, purporting that he was judged 

 or justified, he received the holy name of Osiris. 

 His body was so bound up as to resemble the 

 mysterious ruler of Amenti ; it bore some of the 

 emblems peculiar to him ; and the beard, of a form 

 which belonged exclusively to the Gods, was given 

 to the deceased in token of his having assumed the 

 character of that Deity. 



Offerings were also made to the God Osiris him- 

 self, after the burial, in the name of the deceased ; 

 and certain services or liturgies were performed 

 for him by the priests, at the expense of the family; 

 their number depending upon their means, or the 



Services performed to the dead by one of the family. The principal part of the offering 

 consists of onions. ( Vide supra, p. .'teo.) 



* Vide snpra,Yo\.\. (2d Series) p. 318. 



