Offerings to the Gods in Egyptian Temples
Book Details
Author(s)S Cauville
PublisherPeeters Publishers
ISBN / ASIN904292618X
ISBN-139789042926189
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank2,356,519
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This splendidly illustrated book serves as a dictionary of the many different types of offerings to the gods depicted in Egyptian funerary reliefs, as well as their ritual context and symbolic meaning. Over 200 offerings are divided into broad categories: purification, beverages, foods, produce from the fields, fabircs, ointments, jewellery, rituals for goddesses and gods, symbolic, cosmic, funerary and defensive rituals and royal cult rituals.
