A Hypocephalus with Odd Iconography and Poor Writing in the Berlin Museum
This paper proposes the publication of the hypocephalus Berlin ÄM 17336, characterized by bizarre iconographic details and poor hieroglyphic writing. Vignettes and texts in specimens of similar typology are examined and compared. The texts around the edge and in the various registers differ from tho...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2017
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
Year: 2017, Volume: 144, Issue: 1, Pages: 86-97 |
| Further subjects: | B
Book of the dead
B spell 162 B Forgery B Ägyptisches Museum 17336 B Hypocephalus |
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| Summary: | This paper proposes the publication of the hypocephalus Berlin ÄM 17336, characterized by bizarre iconographic details and poor hieroglyphic writing. Vignettes and texts in specimens of similar typology are examined and compared. The texts around the edge and in the various registers differ from those in the extant corpus of hypocephali, but in general they can be attributed to known typologies of text. Although the odd iconography and the poor handwriting suggest that the specimen is a modern forgery, other elements indicate that it could have been made in the Roman period by an unskilled person enticed by satirical material. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-713X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zaes-2017-0006 |