ABSTRACT

Another pyramid (No. 5), well illustrates the hold which the religion of Osiris had taken upon the rulers of Meroe. The king or prince for whom it was made adopted the prenomen Ankh-

Ka-Ra ^ Q ^ Il TJ , and he bore two names, Pekerter ^

[ r\ <r-<wwv\ <-— and Arkenkherel ( I, J ; as an ecclesiastic, he was the

second prophet of Osiris. On the walls of the chapel we see a priest offering incense, and making offerings to the gods of the Tuat or

Judgment Scene from the same work, together with a version o f the Chapter of the Heart (xxx, B), and it is quite clear that these