Egyptian religion

Orriols-Llonch, M., Sex and Cosmogony. The Onanism of the Solar Demiurg, Göttinger Miszellen 233, Göttingen, 2012, pp. 31-42

by Marc Orriols-Llonch

The Pyramid Texts of Amenirdis I: Selection and Layout

by Mariam Ayad

Published in JARCE 43 (2007): 71-92

Although long recognized to include selections from the Pyramid Texts, not since their original publication in 1901... more Although long recognized to include selections from the Pyramid Texts, not since their original publication in 1901 have the texts inscribed on the walls of the funerary chapel of Amenirdis I been adequately examined. Work on the funerary texts of Amenirdis has revealed her selections from the Pyramid Texts to be both unique and concise. Moreover, these thoughtfully chosen texts were meticulously laid out along the various walls of her funerary chapel such that their physical placement complemented their textual content. The texts, which are arranged along a North-South axis, include several allusions and references to elements of the Egyptian cosmos. Such references indicate that the South Wall represented the Duat, while the texts inscribed on, or close to, the North Wall included references to northern entities. Texts inscribed closest to the doorway equipped Amenirdis for her ascension to the sky. This paper relates the content of Amenirdis’s selections from the Pyramid Texts to their physical placement along the walls of her funerary chapel and argues that the particular arrangement of the texts was intended to guide Amenirdis out of her funerary chapel and to lead her toward the North sky.

Su Michele arcangelo e la viverna

by Ruggero Barberi

Eski Mısır Mitolojisi'nden Örnekler (Yaradılış Mitosları ve Tanrılar)

by Hasan Peker

Towards a Better Understanding of the Opening of the Mouth Ritual

by Mariam Ayad

Published in: J-C Goyon and C. Cardin (eds.) Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, Grenoble 6-12 September 2004,  Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 150 (Leuven: Peeters, 2007), 109-116.

Recent work  on the funerary chapel of Amenirdis I at Medinet Habu has proved her selections from the Opening of... more Recent work  on the funerary chapel of Amenirdis I at Medinet Habu has proved her selections from the Opening of the Mouth ritual to be deliberately chosen and meticulously laid out on the walls of her funerary chapel such that the texts, which were inscribed in retrograde, commence at the doorway to the chapel and culminate on the innermost wall of the corridor surrounding her cella. This interpretation of the layout of OM scenes suggests that the scenes inscribed on opposite walls run parallel to each other and should thus be read concurrently rather than sequentially. While this theory differs from more conventional interpretations of the division of the ritual, it accounts for the scenes' layout, their retrograde direction of writing/ reading, and relates the scenes' textual content to their physical location on the walls of the chapel. A new system for numbering the various scenes of the Opening of the Mouth arose from this particular analysis of Amenirdis's texts. The new numbers incorporate the scenes' physical location on the monument on which they occur.

Critical Analysis of J. P. Allen's "The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts"

by Timofey Shmakov

A propos d'un Osiris-Canope inédit du musée d'Aquitaine

by SARAGOZA Florence

Published in La revue des musées de France, 2010

Le musée d'Aquitaine à Bordeaux conserve un Osiris-Canope d'un type unique à ce jour. Sa riche iconographie rattache... more Le musée d'Aquitaine à Bordeaux conserve un Osiris-Canope d'un type unique à ce jour. Sa riche iconographie rattache cette forme spécifique du dieu Osiris à l'importance accrue accordée à la fonction liturgique de l'eau du Nil. Si une filiation semble pouvoir être décelée dans les représentations des chapelles osiriennes du temple de Dendéra, cette iconographie sera particulièrement en faveur à l'époque romaine, en Egypte, comme dans le monde méditerranéen antique. Elle illustre également une évolution des pratiques religieuses qui conduit à s'interroger sur les spécificités du culte isiaque.

L’acéphale et le rituel osirien de Khoiak. A propos de quatre pièces découvertes au wadi Qubbanet el-Qirud

by SARAGOZA Florence

Published in Egypte, Afrique et Orient

En 1905, Louis Lortet et Claude Gaillard découvraient lors d’une prospection à Thèbes ouest , enseveli dans le wadi... more En 1905, Louis Lortet et Claude Gaillard découvraient lors d’une prospection à Thèbes ouest , enseveli dans le wadi Qubbanet el-Quirud, au sud de la Vallée des reines, à l’ouest de Medinet Habou, un ensemble de pièces mis au jour à proximité d’« Osiris-végétants ». Celui-ci, aujourd’hui partiellement conservé au muséum d’histoire naturelle de Lyon, futur musée des Confluences, n’a plus été signalé depuis lors, l’attention s’étant plus précisément portée sur les pseudo-momies osiriennes provenant de cette prospection. Cet intérêt privilégié a quelque peu occulté la richesse et de la diversité des pièces signalées par les missions européennes menées sur ce site de l’ancienne Djemê. Le wadi compte en effet parmi les rares nécropoles osiriennes connues, avec celles, récemment fouillées, de Karnak et d’Oxyrhynchos. S’il s’en distingue par une forme architecturale des plus modestes, il demeure, au sein des sites pourvoyeurs d’« Osiris végétants », celui qui a livré le matériel archéologique le plus riche.

Des rives du Nil aux murs de Pompéi

by SARAGOZA Florence

Published in Revue des Etudes Anciennes

A partir d'un ensemble de documents égyptiens, V. Rondot, à la suite de F. Cumont, a identifié à Lycurgue, le... more A partir d'un ensemble de documents égyptiens, V. Rondot, à la suite de F. Cumont, a identifié à Lycurgue, le personnage à la bipenne qui accompagne le plus souvent le dieu Hérôn. Cependant, les représentations plastiques demeuraient absentes de ce corpus ; cette étude propose de le reconnaître dans une vingtaine de statuettes en terre cuite conservées dans des collections publiques. Cette identification conduit l'auteur à s'interroger sur le dieu à la bipenne qui accompagne, en contexte isiaque, Isis et Eros, sur une fresque du musée archéologique national  de Naples.

F. Coppens - H. Vymazalová, Medicine, Mathematics and Magic Unite in a Scene from the Temple of Kom Ombo

by Filip Coppens

in Anthropologie. International Journal of the Science of Man XLVIII/2 (2010) [= Festschrift Eugen Strouhal], Brno 2011, 127-131.

Der Isis- und Sarapiskult an der Schnittstelle der griechisch-römischen und altägyptischen Religion.

by Jörn Heise

2002

The Ritual Significance of Colour: Specialised Pigments in a Wooden Egyptian Funerary Statuette from the New Kingdom

by Lynn Dodd

Published in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology.

A polychrome painted wooden funerary figurine of Nfr-rnpt (scribe of the treasury of the temple of Amunrasonther) has... more A polychrome painted wooden funerary figurine of Nfr-rnpt (scribe of the treasury of the temple of Amunrasonther) has been radiocarbon dated to 1220–1050 BC and is painted with a white pigment that includes gypsum, huntite, and tridymite. This is the first discovery of the use of tridymite as a pigment in ancient Egypt. This unusual white pigment yields an exceptionally bright white paint. The authors argue that Egyptian artisans engaged in a sophisticated, deliberate manipulation of mineral-based pigments to achieve specific desired sacral effects.

New Observations on the Functions of the So-called «Reserve Heads»

by Andrey Bolshakov

Published in 7th International Congress of Egyptologists. Abstracts of Papers. Oxford, 1995, 21–23

Osiris in the Fourth Dynasty Again. The False Door of Jntj, MFA 31.781

by Andrey Bolshakov

Published in Le lotus qui sort de terre. Mélanges offerts à Edith Varga. Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-arts. Supplément-2001 (Budapest, 2002), 65–80

Princess Hm.t-ra(w): the First Mention of Osiris?

by Andrey Bolshakov

Published in Chronique d'Égypte 67 (1992)

The tomb of princess Hm.t-ra(w) at Giza is usually dated to the late Fourth – early Fifth Dynasty, which makes the... more The tomb of princess Hm.t-ra(w) at Giza is usually dated to the late Fourth – early Fifth Dynasty, which makes the record of the name Osiris in her offering formula the earliest in history. However, numerous criteria prove that the tomb is not earlier than mid Dynasty Five and, thus, the traditional dating of the appearance of Osiris in inscriptions to the reign of Isesi remains unshakeable.

The Ideological Significance of Flint in Dynastic Egypt

by Carolyn Graves-Brown

PhD thesis, UCL, 2010

This thesis examines a little understood aspect of Dynastic Egypt—that of the ideology of flint. Ideology is defined... more This thesis examines a little understood aspect of Dynastic Egypt—that of the ideology of flint. Ideology is defined as the way flint is thought of rather than used. This study is unique in examining long term chronological changes in flint ideology against the background of increased metal use, and in using together text, iconography, and archaeology: studies of Egyptian ideology traditionally privilege text.
Metaphor theory is employed as an important tool to aid this study. While metaphor is frequently used in Egyptological studies of Egyptian religion, its use is rarely explicit.
The dataset brings together unpublished artefacts in British museum collections; a first hand analysis of lithics from Panhesy’s house at Amarna; finds cards from recent excavations at Memphis; and textual sources, several of which have not been considered before in relation to the ideology of flint; as well as published data on Egyptian lithic material.
Chronological changes in ideology surrounding flint during the Bronze and Iron Ages, a time of flint decline, are considered. Because the nature of flint decline in Egypt has been assumed rather than known, I attempt to quantify the process.
Conclusions show that the ideology of flint was far from static but only loosely related to the kinetic decline of flint. Flint is shown to be connected with the goddesses who are the Eye of Re, with Re himself, with snakes and lions. New facets of flint ideology are uncovered, including the connection of the material with the northern sky and the link between the treatment of New Kingdom Theban flint concretions and the religious landscape of the area.

The Book of the Earth: New Interpretations and '08 Fieldwork

by Joshua Roberson

ARCE-PA Newsletter 3/1 (2008): 8–9.

The Rebirth of the Sun: Mortuary Art and Architecture in the Royal Tombs of New Kingdom Egypt

by Joshua Roberson

Expedition 50/2 (2008): 14–25.

The Book of the Earth: Photographic Collation of Lesser-Known Sources

by Joshua Roberson

ARCE Bulletin 194 (Winter, 2009): 17–20.

A Solar Litany from the Tomb of Ramesses IX

by Joshua Roberson

JARCE 45 (2009): 227–232.