A selection of Ptolemaic anthropoid sarcophagi in Cairo /

"The individually designed anthropoid sarcophagi of the Ptolemaic period (ca. 330-30 BCE) offer a particularly rich and varied repertoire of hieroglyphic inscriptions and religious scenes. Being at the end of a long tradition of funerary literature, many of the epigraphs on these objects are va...

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Other Authors: Leitz, Christian (Editor), Mahrous, Zeinab (Editor), Tawfik, Tarek (Editor)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cairo, Egypt ; New York, NY : The American University in Cairo Press, 2021.

Edition: First edition.

Series: AUC Press archaeological reports.

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Sarcophagi > Egypt > Cairo.

Funeral rites and ceremonies > Egypt > Cairo > History.

Egypt > Antiquities.