Temple of Seti I. – Abydos
In the chapel dedicated to Seti I. (on the left) the king with the curved scepter of heka and the whip of nechacha is brought into the sanctuary and sits on the throne, preceded by a panther-clad priest, scm. Pharaoh, in the presence of the gods, thanks and blesses them. On the left side of the wall, Seti receives a list of gifts from Thoth. Seszat – goddess of scripture and consort of Thoth with a seven-petalled flower on her head – writes the name of the ruler in the book of life. When Seti leaves the temple in a litter, it is carried by the jackal-headed deities of Upper Egypt and the hawk-headed souls of Pe in Lower Egypt. There is no polychrome in the Re-Horachte chapel. The Chapel of Horus is decorated with reliefs, where Seti introduces Maat to Osiris, Izydzie and Horusowi.
The next six chapels have blind doors on the western wall. The Osiris Chapel has real doors to the Osiris cult halls at the rear (inner sanctuary). The first hall of Osiris with 10 the columns are decorated with elegant colorful reliefs depicting the king making offerings to Osiris. It alludes to Osiris's resurrection as Horus. One scene shows Isis offering eggs (reference to the Benu bird, egyptian phoenix).
On the back wall is the goddess Heket, Frog, symbolizing the multiple rebirth.
The three halls on the right are side sanctuaries dedicated to Horus, Seti I in the form of Osiris and Isis. They are all beautifully decorated, though the colors darkened. The Sanctuary of Horus is decorated with a falcon-headed vulture, clutching a sign of eternity. Behind the sanctuaries is a secret room with two columns with an entrance to the crypt. The "blind room" has no ceiling today. After second, on the south side of the Osiris halls there is a hall with four columns with an entrance on the south wall to three additional chapels. The decoration of the four-columned room shows Pharaoh Seti I with two right hands, offering sacrifices to the statue of himself. King (this time about two left hands) it also offers a Djed pillar with the symbol of life -atich.
In additional chapels, the reliefs refer to the rebirth of Osiris.
The ceiling is covered with astronomical symbols.
From the second hypostyle hall, you can enter the southern wing of the temple: the column hall of Ptah-Sokaris and Nefertum of Memphis, deities of life-giving earth and rebirth. On the reliefs, Seti picks up the falconist Sokaris and Nefertum (as a human and a lion with a lotus flower on his head). In the Sokaris chapel on the left wall, Isis, as a kite, hovers over the deceased Osiris in the marches, and on the right wall, Osiris comes back to life. It's dark in the Nefertum chapel. A narrow corridor leading to the left, coming from the inner hypostyle hall, leads to one of the most important places of the shrine.
On the walls of the Annałów Corridor (The Corridor of the Kings or the Royal Gallery) one of the few lists of Egyptian kings is found. Seti and his son, Ramses, they present their cartouches to the gods 76 predecessors on the throne of Egypt.
The list starts with King Menes of the 1st Dynasty, and ends with Seth I.. It was to serve the cult of the royal ancestors, but it does not contain all rulers. History was censored and erased Hyksos rulers and the Amarna episode. Thus Akhenaten disappeared, Smenkare, Tutankhamun,
Axis (Ai) i Horemheb. There is also no place for Queen Hatshepsut, and only for Thotmes III. Still, it is a great help for Egyptologists. On the opposite wall there is a list of gods ruling in Egypt before Menes. Its copy was made at the Ramesseum (currently at British Muscum). The protocol breaks in the writing of Seti's name deserve special attention. To mention the name of Seth in the Temple of Osiris, the official royal name of Men-maat-re Sethi Meri-en-Ptah was written as Men-maat-re Wesire (Ozyrys) Meri-en-ptah.
The part of the temple closed to the public includes a barge sanctuary and a sacrifice room ; you have to go through a side corridor and see Seti and (on the right) Ramses enslaving the bull and running through the Upuaut. On the left, Ramses II offers six oxen to Khonsu and his deceased father. They both offer geese to Amon. Rear exit leads out of the temple. You can walk to Ozyrejon from here.
Ozyrys
Ozyrys (He Sees the Throne), also known as Usir (Wesir, Ausar), is one of the most important gods in ancient Egypt, connecting aspects of the king, the ruler of the dead and their judge, and a symbol of reviving nature. It was identified with the waters of the Nile, connected with the moon and its phases. Ancient theologians recognized Osiris as the lord of heaven and identified him with the god Re. He was also associated with Ptah, Upuautem, Sokarisem, Chenty-lmentiu.
The cult is derived from Busiris in the Delta, where he displaced the local deity of Anjah. An important sanctuary was located in Abydos and on the island of Philae. According to Heliopolitan theology, he was the firstborn son of Geb (Earth) i Nut (sky), brother and husband of Isis, the father of Horus. Set killed him, brother and opponent in the struggle for power over Egypt. Isis collected the cut pieces, the scattered body of her husband and brought him back to life. The revived Osiris begot the son of the avenger with his wife, Horusa. However, he had to leave the world, to become the ruler of the Underworld, judge of the dead and overseer of all spirits. He was also worshiped as the god of plant vegetation.
Osiris was depicted as a mummy with a crown athena on his head, with royal power insignia in crossed hands. The face was painted green, and its symbol was the pillar of Djed. The cult spread gradually, until it became universal. But the god of the dead was finally recognized only from the Fifth Dynasty, when the dead Pharaoh was identified with Osiris. Later, every deceased had such an honor. The oldest version of Osiris's history appears in the Texts of the Pyramids (In the dynasty). Slowly, the Osirian doctrine began to triumph over the solar doctrine. In Hellenistic and Roman times, the cult of the syncretic deity Osiris-Serapis was spreading, and Osiris acted as a god-savior. It is not excluded, that he was a historical figure, earliest ruler, which united Delta or even all Egypt. Some myths connect him with the star Orion and see the place of the Underworld there.