Location, location, location. Abydos is a necropolis so old and prominent, one of Osiris' most common epithets is "lord of Abydos." The job of the funerary prie

Location, location, location. Abydos is a necropolis so old and prominent, one of Osiris' most common epithets is "lord of Abydos." The job of the funerary priests was to present offerings of "bread, beer, and every good and pure thing" (Cf. the offering formula) at the mortuary temples and tomb chapels of the deceased.