Petrie, William M. Flinders: Abydos: Part II: 1903 (London, 1903)

CHAPTER VI.

SUMMARY OF RESULTS.

68. In dealing with so many details it may be
best to bring together a brief summary of the
main results, especially for those who may not
have time to consider the whole of the material.
It has been a surprise to find that Osiris is
not more prominent in the early history of the

temple. In order to compare the relative posi-
tions of the gods we may place them in the order
in which they appear on the monuments of the
temple site, with the number of instances during
each period that their names have been published
in Abydos I and this volume.

I—III IV—VI VII—XI XII XIII—XIV XVIII XIX XXVI

Upuaut .
Khnumu .





1

2?

_.

3
1

3

2

1

1



Anher





—

1

3











Khentamenti .





—

1

1

2

2

1

—

—

Horus





■—

—

1

—

—

1

2

—

Tahuti





—■

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

Asar





—

—

1

—

3

—

4

—

Asar Khentamenti
Asar neb Abdu





—

■—■

—

2
1

4

2

3

2

Asar neb Daddu





—■

—

—

1

—

—

—

1

Asar neb Ankhtaui





—

—

■—■

1

—

—

■—■

-—

Asar Unnefer .





—

—

—

—

1

1

1

■—.

Hathor .





—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

Ptah nefer her





—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

TJazyt





—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

Anpu
Asar-neb-ta-zeser





—

—

—

—

—

—

1
1

—





Though mere accident may lead to a name
not having been preserved from an early date,
yet accident cannot be supposed to entirely per-
vert the evidence drawn from the occurrence of
names in a site. We see that Upuaut appears
in the first period, is prominent through the
Middle Kingdom, and then disappears. Whereas
Osiris does not appear till the Middle Kingdom,
and grows in importance to the end. Upuaut
is the name on the only temple vase, and appears

as the principal god intheXIth Dynasty; while
even in the Xllth Dynasty the stele of Senbtefi
names Osiris lord of Ankhtaui (Memphis), and
Upuaut lord of Abydos, distinctly not recog-
nizing Osiris as the god of Abydos. The earliest
mention of Osiris is on an altar in a private
tomb (Abydos I, lix, base); this does not belong
to the temple or the official worship here in any
way. The first mention of Osiris in the temple
is as united to Khentamenti in the Xllth