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===The lion couch vignette usually represents the embalming of the deceased individual in preparation for burial=== | ===The lion couch vignette usually represents the embalming of the deceased individual in preparation for burial=== | ||
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The papyrus with the illustration represented in Facsimile 1 ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/abr/fac_1 view]) is the only recovered item that has any connection to the text of the Book of Abraham. | The papyrus with the illustration represented in Facsimile 1 ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/abr/fac_1 view]) is the only recovered item that has any connection to the text of the Book of Abraham. | ||
The papyrus with the illustration represented in Facsimile 1 (view) is the only recovered item that has any connection to the text of the Book of Abraham.
This vignette is called a "lion couch scene" by Egyptologists. It usually represents the embalming of the deceased individual in preparation for burial. However, this particular lion couch scene represents the resurrection of Hor (figure 2), aided by the Egyptian god Anubis (3).[1]
Abraham 1꞉12 and the notes to Facsimile 1 identify it as representing Abraham being sacrificed by the priest of Elkenah in Ur.
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