The heart of wisdom : studies on the heart amulet in ancient Egypt /
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Language: English
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Oxford :
Archaeopress,
2011.
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BAR international series ;
2211.
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Call Number: DT62 .A5 S68 2011
Table of Contents:
- 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.