NMC101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Canopic Chest, Duat, Anointing
23 Jun 2016
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Akh effective part of the person, luminous in the hereafter; can be invoked by the living and can intercede on their behalf; also can appear in dreams. Ka life force ; also rendered provision soul or double . 1. 1. 1. 1 - ba closest to our notion of soul human-headed bird that could go between this life and the next and needed the tomb and mummy as a resting place. Shoot/shuwet the shadow of the deceased tombs and funerary. The funeraral: involved procession (potentially boat-journey) to necropolis. Attended by family and friends, and possibly hired mourners: coffin (and canopic chest) pulled by bulls or donkeys, priests recite ritual formulae. Anointing, libations, censingrituals to protect tomb and mummydepositing mummy and ritual objectsmore protective ritualsclosing of tomb up to 75 separate rites in total stresses significance of continued cult + reflects unreliability of cultic provisions. Family visits / festivals: family and friends celebrate in tomb chapel.
