Question
A royal servant named for this plant is taken in by a Syrian ruler after fleeing Egypt in a story from the Twelfth Dynasty. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this tree which Hathor was said to be the "Lady of" due to her healing skills. Two turquoise examples of these trees marked where Ra rose every morning in the East.
ANSWER: sycamore (The lead-in refers to the Story of Sinuhe.)
[10m] Depictions of Hathor as a sycamore or as this number of cows allude to her life-giving qualities, such as her role determining fates at birth. During her pregnancy with Horus, Isis was defended by this number of scorpions.
ANSWER: seven
[10e] The description of Ra rising from "two sycamores of turquoise" comes from this funerary text. Anubis' weighing of the heart ceremony is detailed in this successor of the Coffin Texts.
ANSWER: The Book of the Dead [or The Book of Coming Forth by Day]
<Sean Farrell , Mythology - Egyptian>
Summary
| 2023 NASAT | 06/17/2023 | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
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