Biography of the High Priest of Osiris «Nb-wawy»

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Faculty of Women

Abstract

For the first one time, the researcher presented a complete publication of the biography of the first one priest of the deity Osiris «Nb-wawy», who was in the era of the two kings "Thutmose III" and "Amenhotep the Second".
The research presents an explanation of his three paintings separately, extracting his titles inscribed on them and counting them, then analyzing them and drawing conclusions from them, presenting the problems related to some of his titles and proposing the hypothesis of whether or not the priest carried those titles, And the possibility of attributing it to «Nb-wawy»or not, as one of the priest’s paintings sheds light on the tasks of the first priest of the deity Osiris, from which we deduce the wealth of the temple of deity Osiris , and that his treasury was filled with various metals (silver, gold, turquoise, lapis lazuli, fine stones ), «Nb-wawy»mentioned that he was invited to the House of Gold, and he was the undertaker to seal the treasury of Osiris. He also constructed many works in the Temple of Osiris from silver and gold, which were used in the consolidation and decoration of the temple, in addition to making tools for decorating the idol in celebrations, and the rituals of the daily service of the idol.
All of the above explains the importance of the deity in the era of the New kingdom, and the importance of his priesthood.

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