Nephthys's Role In The Osiris-Myth

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Nephthys comes into prominence with her role played in the Osiris-myth, who is represented as the goddess accompanying her sister Isis in the search and the protection of Osiris’ body. The only epigraphic attestation of Nephthys in the Greek world is known in a liturgical calendar from Athens, dating to the reign of Hadrian, which lists sacrifices comprising a rooster, grains of wheat and barley, and a libation of melikraton offered to Osiris and Nephthys on 13 Boedromion.
Referring to the mythical role of Osiris by using the title βασιλεύς and Nephthys confirm that the nature of the dedication is directly related to the Osiris-myth. By dedicating the statuettes of the two deities to Osiris, the dedicant was intended to bring Isis and

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