A corpus of ancient egyptian embalming plates

The ‘embalming plate’ is a type of artefact that is mentioned quite frequently in the literature on ancient Egyptian mortuary practices. However, it has not been well studied so far. This paper is a preliminary corpus that can serve as a basis for further studies of this kind of objects, as an open...

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Autor: Borrego Gallardo, Francisco L.
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/697702
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/697702
https://dx.doi.org/10.15366/isimu2020.23.003
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Ancient Egyptian mortuary practices
mummification
embalming plate
amulets
wedjat-eye
Historia
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Resumo:The ‘embalming plate’ is a type of artefact that is mentioned quite frequently in the literature on ancient Egyptian mortuary practices. However, it has not been well studied so far. This paper is a preliminary corpus that can serve as a basis for further studies of this kind of objects, as an open list that can be expanded in the future. This corpus is divided into four lists: A) pieces removed from the mummies with which they were associated; B) doubtful examples; C) items discovered by the xraying or scanning of mummies; D) embalming plates currently in two display cases in Room 22 at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo