Nibley reproduces communication by Hughes to Petersen on the interpretation of the figures in Facsimile 1.
- Type
- Letter
- Source
- George R. Hughes Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Scribed VerbatimDirectReprint
- Reference
George R. Hughes, Letter to LaMar Petersen, January 29, 1959, cited in Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Abraham (Salt Lake City and Provo, UT: Deseret Book and FARMS, 2009), 144
- Scribe/Publisher
- Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
- Transcription
And at the present time Professor George R. Hughes of the Oriental Institute at Chicago obliges with an explanation: "The embalming of a deceased person, or rather the operation preparatory to mummification. (1) The deceased’s soul or spirit . . . it is usually shown as a human-headed bird. . . . [Fac. 1, fig. 3] is embalmer-priest who is usually shown wearing a jackal-headed mask. . . . He has in his hand a knife ready to make an incision in the abdomen."
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