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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Macromius, post: 2970529, member: 90772&quot;]I&#039;m still thinking about that strange vessel depicted on your coin. I think it looks like the bottom half of a canopus. I have a gut feeling that it has to do with something of obvious importance in Egyptian religion like the Osiris resurrection ritual. This would include watering corn mummies and ensuring the fertility of crops, etc. Isis would be involved with the rebirth of Osiris hence her symbol on a similar vessel. This is just a guess on my part. The Osiris canopus in the image below is from Hadrian&#039;s villa. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ps.I think your hypothetical sketch of the spout from above rings true.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]728707[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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