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The Hypocephalus.
The hypocephalus is an element of Late Period and Ptolemaic funerary equipment--an amuletic disc placed under the head of mummies. Its shape emulates the sun's disc, and its form is planar (although it is occasionally concave). This volume analyses the written records and iconography of these o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Archaeopress,
2020.
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| Colección: | Archaeopress Egyptology Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The hypocephalus is an element of Late Period and Ptolemaic funerary equipment--an amuletic disc placed under the head of mummies. Its shape emulates the sun's disc, and its form is planar (although it is occasionally concave). This volume analyses the written records and iconography of these objects. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (375 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-341) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1789693349 9781789693348 |