Unusual depiction of a male Sky

ref: Nov. 15, '05, "Scene of Geb and Nut"

An unusual scene from BM 10018. The upper figure is identified as Osiris, representing the night sky, the lower figure is identified as Geb, engaging in autofellatio.
Reference:
Parkinson, R. 1999. Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment.
Berkeley: University of California Press.

Submitted by Katherine Griffis-Greenberg


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