The supreme god of the afterlife ( see Afterlife, Pharaonic Egypt ) and a god of regeneration, Osiris is traditionally depicted as a royal mummified, green-skinned man. Earlier representations show him wearing the White Crown ( see Crowns, Egyptian ) of Upper Egypt and carrying a crook and flail, like depictions of the reigning king. In later depictions he wears the White Crown, the Atef Crown, or variations thereof. The imagery of the crook suggests a pastoral origin, possibly as a shepherd god, a concept shared by numerous Near Eastern cultures. The meaning of Osiris' flail, characteristic of other early deities, such as Min , may be related to his agricultural nature, as flails were used in the processing of cereals. Osiris' name is more accurately transliterated from ancient Egyptian as Wsir, or from Coptic as Ousire or Ousiri. The characters used to spell his name were a throne, followed by an eye, the order of which was later reversed. There is no consensus on its original…