SI^KHMI^T AND OSIRIS, RKLUvFS FROM THI^ T]i:MPLF OF Se:TY I : ABYDOS 



Sekhmet or Pakht was a goddess with the head of a lioness or cat and is distinguishable 

 only with difficulty from Bast, another cat-headed deity. She represented the fierce heat of 

 the sun, typified by the solar disk above her head, and was regarded as a bringer of mis- 

 fortune. Osiris is here represented wearing royal garments and the crown of Upper Egypt, 

 and carrying his symbol, the crook. He was one of the greatest of the Egyptian deities and 

 the guardian of mankind in the state after death. 



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