Offerings to the gods in Egyptian temples /

Offerings to the gods in Egyptian temples /

Kings and gods adorn the walls of Egyptian temples in face -to-face meetings, and for two millennia these depictions have united the king and the divine. The king, the son of the god, presents his ancestors an offering or performs a ritual. Over two hundred offerings are divided into broad categorie...

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Main Author: Cauville, Sylvie (Author)

Other Authors: Calcoen, Bram.

Format: Book

Language: English
French

Published: Leuven ; Walpole, MA : Peeters, 2012.

Subjects:

Votive offerings in art.
Inscriptions, Egyptian.
Relief (Sculpture), Egyptian.
Temples > Egypt.
Egypt > Religion > History.

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Call Number: DT68.8 .C3913 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Purification rituals
  • Beverages
  • Food rituals
  • Food offerings : bread
  • Food offerings : meat
  • Produce of the land
  • Fabrics, ointments and precious stones
  • Adornments: crowns
  • Pectorals, necklaces and bracelets
  • Adornments : sceptres, uraei
  • Offerings specific to the goddesses
  • Various rituals for the gods
  • Cosmic and symbolic rituals
  • Funerary rituals
  • Defensive rituals.