God Sitting upon His Throne

Authors

Stephen O. Smoot
John Gee
Kerry Muhlestein
John S. Thompson

Keywords

Book of Abraham, God, throne, Facsimile 2

Abstract

Figure 7 in Facsimile 2 is identified as follows: “Represents God sitting upon his throne, revealing through the heavens the grand Key-words of the Priesthood; as, also, the sign of the Holy Ghost unto Abraham, in the form of a dove.” Appearing in several other ancient Egyptian hypocephali, the sitting personage in figure 7 has been described by one Egyptologist as “a polymorphic god sitting on his throne” with “his back [in] bird-form, while one of his arms is raised like that of [the gods] Min or [Amun] and hold[ing] forth a flagellum.” Standing next to him is a “falcon-or snake-headed snake” believed to perhaps be the minor deity Nehebkau, who “offers the wedjat-eye.”

Recommended Citation

Smoot, Stephen O.; Gee, John; Muhlestein, Kerry; and Thompson, John S. (2022) "God Sitting upon His Throne," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 61: Iss. 4, Article 47.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol61/iss4/47