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Erasmus Bridge; bridge deck detail

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Osiris, Lord of Eternity, wearing white crown of Upper Egypt, divine false beard and broad collar (whose counterpoise hangs down his back), mummy wrappings covered with feather pattern, standing atop 'cubit of maat ', grasping in both hands crook and flail, symbolic of his sovereignty, and was scepter of dominion; behind god, supporting him in her embrace, his sister-wife Isis bearing her symbol, the throne, atop lappet wig, uraeus over brow; goddess wearing ankle-length form-fitting gown, broad collar, armlets, bracelets and anklets, holding in left hand, ankh , sign of life; before Osiris, Four Sons of Horus (the canopic genii), each mummiform with distinctive head, standing upon lotus blossom; all figures enclosed within sarcophagus-shaped baldachin whose roof is embellished with uraeus frieze and, center, mummiform falcon of Seker, Memphite funerary deity.The vignette from the Book of the Dead illustrated here depicts Osiris, king and supreme judge of the dead and ruler of the underworld, enshrined with his sister-wife Isis beneath a sarcophagus-shaped baldachin. Osiris appears in his glory, justified before the gods and enveloped within a feathered shroud, symbolic of resurrection.Atop the roof of the baldachin Seker, the Memphite funerary deity, spreads his mummiform wings. Originally associated with and embodied in the nocturnal sparrow hawk, Seker became the god of the Memphite necropolis. He was "...a deity of darkness and decay in the earth." Sometimes he bore the epithet 'soul of Geb'. Seker's principal shrine was called 'Gate of the Ways'. Here he stationed himself, at the entrance to his domain, the western desert, where he fed upon the hearts of the dead. Represented as a hawk, usually mummiform, or as a hawk-headed mummy, Seker came to be associated and identified with both Osiris and Ptah to form the triune god of resurrection Ptah-Seker-Osiris. [--Ions.]For a commentary upon the Four Sons of Horus and their birth from the lotus, see 2Ak.167.The vignette accompanies the text introducing the so-called 'Negative Confession'. This speech was recited before the forty-two judges (each representing nome, or province, of Egypt) in the judgment hall of Osiris. "The deceased confidently addressed each of his judges in turn, calling him by name to prove that he knew him and had nothing to fear: that he was guilty of no evil actions or qualities in respect of that assessor's especial sin. No admission of any sin was made, and the deceased affirmed that he was truly pure....The strong affirmation that the soul of the deceased was without sin seems to have been regarded like a magic spell, as sufficient to make it sinless." [--Ions.] (For complete discussion, see 2Ap.025.); |Osiris, wearing white crown of Upper Egypt, mummy wrappings with feather pattern, standing on "cubit of Maat" holding crook and flail and was scepter; Isis, throne on head, holding ankh sign; 4 mummiform sons of Horus standing on lotus blossom; all enclosed within shrine with uraeus frieze; C, Seker as falcon.;

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@misc{unstudio1996erasmus,
  title = {{Erasmus Bridge; bridge deck detail}},
  author = {UNSTUDIO},
  year = {1996}
}

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