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The hypocephalus : an ancient Egyptian funerary amulet

The hypocephalus is an element of Late Period and Ptolemaic funerary equipment-an amuletic disc placed under the head of mummies. Its shape emulates the sun's disc, and its form is planar (although it is occasionally concave). This volume analyses the written records and iconography of these ob...

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VerfasserIn: Mekis, Tamás (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Online-Ressource Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd , 2020
Schriftenreihe:Archaeopress Egyptology 25
Online Zugang:http://altertum.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/archaeopress/www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/emedium/fid/Archaeopress/9781789693348 - eBook.pdf
Verantwortlich:Tamás Mekis
E-Book-Pakete:Archaeopress : Selected E-Books in Archaeology
Anmerkungen:FID-Lizenz "FID Altertumswissenschaften" (keine Universitätslizenz)
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Zusammenfassung:The hypocephalus is an element of Late Period and Ptolemaic funerary equipment-an amuletic disc placed under the head of mummies. Its shape emulates the sun's disc, and its form is planar (although it is occasionally concave). This volume analyses the written records and iconography of these objects
Beschreibung:This is volume 25 of the series Archaeopress Egyptology, though some information states that it is volume 24
Includes bibliographical references and index
Zielgruppe: Specialized
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 356 pages) illustrations (black and white, and colour)
ISBN:9781789693348