Egyptian funerary religion
Nephthys
Nephthys appears beside Isis among the chief mourners of Osiris. In Tirard’s funeral account, performers assume the sisters’ roles so that a human burial repeats the divine mourning. The surviving lamentations give Nephthys a voice of intimate protection: she promises to remain with Osiris and guard his members. Their tears and prayers are credited with helping renew the life of his followers.
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Principal account
TraditionalNephthys appears beside Isis among the chief mourners of Osiris. In Tirard’s funeral account, performers assume the sisters’ roles so that a human burial repeats the divine mourning.
Further detail
TraditionalThe surviving lamentations give Nephthys a voice of intimate protection: she promises to remain with Osiris and guard his members. Their tears and prayers are credited with helping renew the life of his followers.
Context & interpretation
Tirard’s 1910 account interprets selected funerary texts and rituals through the scholarship of her period. Local cults and surviving manuscripts vary; her comparisons and proposed origins are not a modern Egyptological consensus.
Original passages
Source 1
The Book of the Dead
a short one in the form of the goddess NephthysOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Egyptian funerary religion; active reader leaf 26
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0039-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0039-E001-P0026
- Original scan leaf
- 36
- Recorded leaf number
- 26
- Current Reader position
- 21
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
- Location review
- Original scan location confirmed against the reviewed Reader mapping; the earlier recorded number is retained above.
Source 2
The Book of the Dead
I am Nephthys, thy sister who loveth theeOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Egyptian funerary religion; active reader leaf 154
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0039-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0039-E001-P0154
- Original scan leaf
- 164
- Recorded leaf number
- 154
- Current Reader position
- 145
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
- Location review
- Original scan location confirmed against the reviewed Reader mapping; the earlier recorded number is retained above.
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