The heart of wisdom : studies on the heart amulet in ancient Egypt /
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Archaeopress,
2011.
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BAR international series ;
2211.
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Call Number: DT62 .A5 S68 2011
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| 050 | 4 | |a DT62 .A5 S68 2011 | |
| 100 | 1 | |a Sousa, Rogério. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The heart of wisdom : |b studies on the heart amulet in ancient Egypt / |c Rogério Sousa. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Oxford : |b Archaeopress, |c 2011. | |
| 300 | |a vi, 133 p. : |b ill. (some col.) ; |c 30 cm. | ||
| 490 | 0 | |a BAR international series ; |v 2211. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-133). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- The depiction of the heart amulet in Egyptian art. The heart of illumination -- The heart of wisdom -- The heart of justification -- The heart of divine birth -- General implications of the meaning of the heart amulets -- The typology of the heart amulets. The pendulum heart amulets -- The vase heart amulets -- The cornice heart amulets -- Composite forms of the heart amulet. The human-headed heart amulets -- The animal-headed heart amulets -- The flower heart amulets -- The solar heart amulets -- The ritual uses of the heart amulet. The heart amulet in leonine locks -- The heart amulet in the weighing of the heart -- The heart amulet and the journey through the Duat: the iconographical reading of the papyrus of Nesipautitaui (SR 1025) -- The heart amulet and ritual: some clues from iconography -- The cardiac amulets and dualism. The distinction between the heart amulet and the heart scarab in iconography -- Magical purpose of the heart scarab in the Book of the Dead -- The magical purpose of the heart amulet -- The cardiac amulets and the cardiac words (ib and haty) -- The symbolism of cardiac amulets -- The dualistic nature of the heart -- The "implicit theory" of the heart. The heart amulet of illumination and the mythic cyle of Horus -- The heart amulet of justification and the mythic cyle of Osiris -- The heart amulet of divine birth and the mythic cyle of the Sun god -- The heart scarab and the mummification -- Documental corpus -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Amulets, Egyptian. | |
| 650 | |a Heart |x Symbolic aspects. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Heart in art. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
| 942 | |2 lcc |c BK | ||