The Two Headless Statues of The Royal Scribe Saiset In Cairo Museum (CG 1204 and CG 1115)

Document Type : Original Article

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Tourist Guiding Department Faculty of Arts Ain Shams University

Abstract

Abydos is one of the main sites of the 8th Nome of Upper Egypt called TA wr. From Middle Kingdom on grew the cult of Osiris and with-it Abydos became the main religious and ceremonial center that drew individuals to participate in the festival, built cenotaph or deposit a votive offering like a stela or votive sarcophagus, statue or an Ushabti. They placed it near the temple of Osiris or on processional route. This is with the hope to guarantee their own afterlife existence beside Osiris, god of Dead and participate in the offerings presented to him.

During the 18thand 19th Dynasty there were more than one person with the name Saiset, who bore title overseer of the granaries of Amun. This study concerns the two statues of Saiset, the son of Ahmose who served during the reign of Tutmosis IV and Amenhotep III and comes from Abydos and buried there.

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