The role of the lector in ancient Egyptian society /
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Language: English
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Oxford :
Archaeopress,
c2014.
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Archaeopress Egyptology ;
5.
ArchEgy ;
5.
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Call Number: DT57 .A7 v.5
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Recognition, origin and hieroglyphic representation
- 2. Magic and performance
- 3. Equipment of the Lector
- 4. Remuneration
- 5. Temple and festival ritual
- 6. Royal involvement
- 7. Funerary ritual and provisioning the dead
- 8. The opening of the mouth ceremony
- 9. The involvement of the Lector in healing
- 10. The title of Lector recorded in expedition inscriptions
- 11. The Lector and the law
- 12. Literary evidence
- Summary and conclusions
- Bibliography.