Portable chests for the falcon cults of Akhmim: new evidence from Cairo museum collections
This article deals with a set of wooden chests uncovered in the necropolis of Akhmim at the end of the 19th century and now kept in the Egyptian Museum and the Agricultural Museum in Cairo. They were interpreted as coffins belonging to mummified falcons. The study of these objects and their decorati...
| Published in: | Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Harrassowitz
[2017]
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| In: |
Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Egypt (Antiquity)
/ Culture
/ Chests
/ Falkenmumie
/ Hieroglyphic writing
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HH Archaeology |
| Summary: | This article deals with a set of wooden chests uncovered in the necropolis of Akhmim at the end of the 19th century and now kept in the Egyptian Museum and the Agricultural Museum in Cairo. They were interpreted as coffins belonging to mummified falcons. The study of these objects and their decoration shows that they played a role in the cult of the sacred falcons, whether living or dead. One of these chests displaying hieroglyphic inscriptions identifies the falcon with the god “Haroeris lord of Letopolis”, who was worshipped in the city of Edfa near Akhmim during the Roman Period |
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| ISSN: | 0342-1279 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Abteilung Kairo, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo
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