| Ashura – The Sacred Groove of Osiris; The Celestial Disc Symbol of Ra and the Table of the Sun:
The symbol of the Celestial Disc in Lejja is called Oshuru. It is the rounded pile of slag surrounded by the huge crescent shaped pile (plate 11). The Book of the Dead says that the Duat city of Abydos in Heliopolis was called Busiris – ‘House of Osiris’.73 The word Busiris – ‘House of Osiris’ is an Igbo expression, meaning Obu Oshuru – ‘House of Oshuru’ or ‘House of Osiris’! From this perspective, it can be further confirmed that Osiris, the Lord of the Egyptian Duat, was the Lord of the Lejja smelters.
The Oshuru object in Lejja is in the shape of the celestial disc/mound. It is flanked by a crescent-shaped pile of slag rounded into a circle around the disc (plate 6, 11). Egyptian images and symbols created by the combination of disc, crescent and surrounding circle are: a winged disc; a circle with a dot in the center (symbol of Ra); the sun coursing along the roof of heaven or gliding under the bosom of the mother goddess Nut; the sun traveling inside the boat of millions of years (plate 6).74
 
Plate 11a, b: The Celestial Disc where the bottomless pit is located. 11 b:The god Thoth bearing the Celestial Disc inside a crescent moon, as in plate 6, above.
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