I know this might be way out there but I would like to know what you all think. As we know, Facsimile No.1 is a fairly common depicted scene from the myth of Osiris where Isis copulates with Osiris and eventually gives birth to Horus. Below is a picture from the Great Temple of Abydos. Here we see a variant of the same myth portrayed in Facsimile No.1 where Isis is impregnated by Osiris. Note the chiseled out phallus that would have been protruding from the mummy of Osiris (this also refutes the apologetic argument that the figure on the lion bed in Facsimile No.1 couldn't have been ithyphallic because he is clothed. The Osiris depicted here is most obviously depicted as wrapped as a mummy, yet still is ithyphallic). Also note the depiction of Isis in bird form above the phallus and also note the position of her wings. This will be important later. Lastly, note the two other birds at the food and head of the lion bed facing Osiris. This will also be of import.
Below is a depiction of the same scene from the Temple of Opet. In the same fashion the phallus of Osiris was chiseled away (most likely from conquerors of the area that deemed it too vulgar). Similar to the image above, Isis is hovering above waiting to copulate with Osiris. One wing extended to the right and the other facing down at an angle.
Looking at Facsimile No.1 I wonder if what we have interpreted as the hands of the figure laying down are actually the ends of wings of Isis that would have been protruding out similar to the images above. If imagined, the positioning of Isis above Osiris would be perfectly fit in the scene where she is impregnated by Osiris. What if the hands of the figure laying down extend somewhere else within the lacunae. The bird figure with no head that we have decidedly labeled as Isis could be a depiction of Nephthys (who is another goddess associated with this myth, she helps Isis find the body of Osiris), or even a depiction of Horus who is often included in this scene despite not being born, or even a artistic implementation like the falcons depicted in the Abydos picture above. Perhaps when the documents were first received by Joseph and glued onto the parchment he wasn't prepared to attribute this facsimile to the story of Abraham. Once he decided to do so, Joseph obviously couldn't include a ithyphallic depiction of Abraham and tore this portion of the papyrus out and in the process accidentally removing other portions of the papyrus (head of Anubis, head of bird). A good representation of what it may have looked like is on MormonThink.
This may actually also tie into the whole glue conundrum. Joseph purchases documents from Michael Chandler --> Glues down documents on parchment to preserve them in preparation for translation(revelation?) --> Decides to attribute Facsimile No.1 to the story of Abraham but can't because of the phallus --> Rips out the depicted phallus and head of Anubis to fit the story --> Draws over to 'restore' the image in the process giving Anubis a human head and attributing the wing tips to the hands of the figure laying down.
Again I know this is far out there but I am bored and thought what the hell might as well waste an hour of my life researching all this stuff.
"I advise all to go on to perfection and search deeper and deeper into the mysteries of Godliness." -Joseph Smith
