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− | ==Question: Was the priest depicted in Facsimile 1 holding a knife or some other object?== | + | ==Question: Was the priest depicted in Book of Abraham Facsimile 1 holding a knife or was it some other object?== |
===In typical representations of the "lion couch" scene, the priest is holding an object=== | ===In typical representations of the "lion couch" scene, the priest is holding an object=== | ||
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===Eyewitnesses, one of whom was an anti-Mormon, described a man bound and laid on the lion couch, and a priest with a knife in his hand=== | ===Eyewitnesses, one of whom was an anti-Mormon, described a man bound and laid on the lion couch, and a priest with a knife in his hand=== | ||
− | Many Latter-day Saint scholars believe that the scroll was damaged after Joseph translated the vignette and some evidence seems to support this view. One early Latter-day Saint who saw the papyri in 1841, for instance, described them as containing the scene of an altar with "'a man bound and laid thereon, and a Priest with a knife in his hand, standing at the foot, with a dove over the person bound on the Altar with several Idol gods standing around it.'"<ref>William I. Appleby Journal, 5 May 1841, ms. 1401 1, pp. 71–72, | + | Many Latter-day Saint scholars believe that the scroll was damaged after Joseph translated the vignette and some evidence seems to support this view. One early Latter-day Saint who saw the papyri in 1841, for instance, described them as containing the scene of an altar with "'a man bound and laid thereon, and a Priest with a knife in his hand, standing at the foot, with a dove over the person bound on the Altar with several Idol gods standing around it.'"<ref>William I. Appleby Journal, 5 May 1841, ms. 1401 1, pp. 71–72, Church Archives; as quoted in Gee, "Eyewitness, Hearsay, and Physical Evidence," 184.</ref> Similarly, Reverend Henry Caswall, who visited Nauvoo in April 1842, had a chance to see some of the Egyptian papyri. Caswall, who was hostile to the Saints, described Facsimile 1 as having a "'man standing by him with a drawn knife.'"<ref>{{CriticalWork:Caswall:City of the Mormons|pages=71-72}}, Church Archives; as quoted in Gee, "Eyewitness, Hearsay, and Physical Evidence," 184.</ref> |
===Due to the damage to the papyrus, it is impossible to determine what the priest is holding in his hand=== | ===Due to the damage to the papyrus, it is impossible to determine what the priest is holding in his hand=== | ||
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Since Facsimile 1 appears to be a fairly typical scene from Egyptian funerary texts, it is noted that other similar Egyptian motifs do not show the priest holding a knife. A proposed restoration of Facsimile 1 by egyptologist Lanny Bell, for example, shows the priest holding a cup in his hand over the figure on the lion couch.
Many Latter-day Saint scholars believe that the scroll was damaged after Joseph translated the vignette and some evidence seems to support this view. One early Latter-day Saint who saw the papyri in 1841, for instance, described them as containing the scene of an altar with "'a man bound and laid thereon, and a Priest with a knife in his hand, standing at the foot, with a dove over the person bound on the Altar with several Idol gods standing around it.'"[1] Similarly, Reverend Henry Caswall, who visited Nauvoo in April 1842, had a chance to see some of the Egyptian papyri. Caswall, who was hostile to the Saints, described Facsimile 1 as having a "'man standing by him with a drawn knife.'"[2]
It is not possible through an examination of the original papyrus to determine what the priest is holding in his hand.
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