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1 online resource |
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Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; volume 110 |
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Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 110.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Tables, Figures and Plates -- Illustration Credits -- Abbreviations -- Outline of Egyptian Chronology -- Introduction -- 1. Setting the Scene -- 2. Previous Scholarship on the Subject -- 3. Scope and Organisation of the Book -- 4. Notes on the Conventions and Abbreviations Used -- Part 1. The Organisation of the Necropolis and Its Funerary Priests -- Chapter 1. The Theban Necropolis -- 1. The Overseer of the Necropolis -- 2. The Lesonis -- 3. The Steward -- 4. Choachytes -- 5. Territorial Jurisdiction of the Choachytes |
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6. Embalmers -- 7. Territorial Jurisdiction of the Embalmers -- 8. Other Funerary Priests -- Chapter 2. The Edfu Necropolis -- 1. The Overseer of the Necropolis and the Lesonis -- 2. Choachytes and Lector-Priests -- 3. Territorial Jurisdiction of Edfu Necropolis Workers -- Chapter 3. The Memphite necropolis -- 1. The Overseer of the necropolis -- 2. God's Seal-Bearers as Lector-Priests and Choachytes -- 3. Territorial Jurisdiction of the Memphite Funerary Priests -- Chapter 4. The Hawara Necropolis -- 1. The Overseer of the God's Seal-Bearers and Embalmers |
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2. God's Seal-Bearers (and) Embalmers as Lector-Priests and Choachytes -- 3. Other Funerary Priests -- 4. Territorial Jurisdiction of the Hawara Funerary Priests -- 5. The Organisation of the Hawara Necropolis -- Chapter 5. The Necropolises in Middle Egypt -- 1. The Head of the Necropolis -- 2. Lector-Priests and Embalmers -- 3. Man of the Necropolis -- 4. Seal-Bearer Who Attends the God -- 5. God's Seal-Bearers -- 6. Necrotaphoi -- 7. Territorial Jurisdiction of the Funerary Priests in Middle Egypt -- Chapter 6. Female Funerary priests -- 1. Choachytes -- 2. Embalmers |
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Chapter 7. Services, Income and Taxation of Funerary Priests -- 1. Definition of the Services Performed by Funerary Priests -- 2. Different Types of Revenues -- 3. Income of Lector-Priests and Embalmers -- 4. Personal and Professional Taxation, Contributions and Exemptions -- 5. Other Economic Activities of the Funerary Priests -- Chapter 8. Priestly Associations -- 1. Association of Theban Choachytes -- 2. Association of Theban Lector Priests -- 3. Association of Memphite Mortuary Priests -- 4. Associations of Mortuary Priests in the Fayum |
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5. Associations of Mortuary Priests in Middle Egypt -- Chapter 9. The Funerary Priests and Their Social Context -- 1. Place of Residence of the Funerary Priests -- 2. The Funerary Priests and Their Families -- Part 2. Death, Mummification and Burial -- Chapter 10. Death -- 1. The Mourning Period -- 2. Arranging for the Services of Funerary Priests -- 3. Transport of the Deceased to the Necropolis -- Chapter 11. Mummification -- 1. The Embalming Place: the pr-nfr and the w b.t -- 2. Arranging for the Mummification of the Deceased |
| Summary |
"In Three Thousand Years of Death, The Egyptian Funerary Industry in the Ptolemaic Period, Maria Cannata provides a detailed survey of the organisation of the necropolises and the funerary workers, as well as their role in the practical aspects of the mummification, funeral, burial, and mortuary cult of the deceased, in Ptolemaic Egypt (332-30 BC). The author gathers together and synthesises hundreds of the original textual sources, as well as the relevant archaeological sources, on the organisation of the funerary industry and its practitioners, revealing important regional and chronological variations overlooked in studies focusing on a limited geographical area, a shorter timeframe, or a smaller group of documents"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.
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Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C. |
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Egypt.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Egypt
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020002366 |
| ISBN |
9004406808 |
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9789004406803 |
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