Gee, John (2020) Hypocephali and Gates. In: Aegyptus et Pannonia VI. Health and Life in Ancient Egypt. Mummies in Focus Proceedings of the Conference held 27-29th August 2019, Budapest. Magyar-Egyiptomi Baráti Társaság, Ókori Egyiptomi Bizottság, Budapest, pp. 27-38. ISBN 9786150103617
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Abstract
The instructions for making a hypocephalus in the final rubric of Book of the Dead 162say that the deceased can use it to pass through the gates. To date this claim has notbeen explored. In this paper ! will demonstrate how phrases found on hypocephalimatch up with identical phrases on the walls of temple gateways and how both makeallusions to the creation text from Esna. I will then explore what this intertextuality might mean for understanding the hypocephali that were placed at the head of Egyp-tian mummies.
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > D2 Ancient History / ókor története > D22 History of ancient Egypt / ókori Egyiptom G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / földrajz, antropológia, kikapcsolódás > GR Folklore / etnológia, folklór, kulturális antropológia |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2026 09:08 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2026 09:08 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/237257 |
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