Ancient Egyptian Rituals Against Enemies

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-16-162543-5
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 240 mm x 170 mm

Reihe: Orientalische Religionen in der Antike

The contributors to this volume discuss several aspects of ancient Egyptian rituals against enemies ("execration rituals"). Various kinds of sources - figurines, textual descriptions, iconographical depictions - make it possible to trace this phenomenon from the 6th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic-Roman period. A special focus lies on Middle Kingdom and Late Period/Ptolemaic-Roman execration figures, the methods that were applied to produce them, the ritual acts performed with these figures, and the personnel involved in the rituals. Other chapters deal with possible connections between execration and female figurines, or the question of how killings of human beings can be assumed to have formed part of these rituals. The volume thus demonstrates how different approaches and perspectives can contribute to increasing and improving our understanding of Egyptian rituals against enemies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kühne-Wespi, Carina

Quack, Joachim Friedrich

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religion des alten Ägyptens

Über Autor(innen)

Quack, Joachim Friedrich
Born 1966; studied Egyptology, Semitic Studies, Biblical Archaeology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Pre- and Early History in Tübingen and Paris; 1990 Magister; 1993 Dr. phil.; 2003 Habilitation at the FU Berlin; Professor of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg.

Kühne-Wespi, Carina
Born 1989; studied Egyptology and Romance Studies in Heidelberg; 2012 Master's degree; 2019 PhD; academic assistant at the Institute for Egyptology of Heidelberg University.