DISPOSITION OF THE CHILDREN OF HORUS IN THE SCENE FROM CHAPTER 17 OF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SPATIAL AND THE ANTHROPOGONIC BELIEVES OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS (ACCORDING TO THE PTOLEMAIC SOURCES)

Authors

  • Kristina Masalova aspirant of the academic department of cultural studies and innovative cultural and artistic projects of the National Academy of Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32461/2226-3209.1.2015.138339

Keywords:

the Book of the Dead, vignettes, Children of Horus, Ancient Egyptian mythology, Ptolemaic Period

Abstract

The article is devoted to the scene from the number of vignettes-illustrations of the Book of the Dead in the last phase of its existence, the Ptolemaic Period. Some interesting features of the scene were distinguished, according to the previously made compositional and typological analysis. These features are linked with dispositions of the four gods, theChildren of Horus, in the composition of the scene. The most general disposition of gods between each other wasdetermined, what gave an opportunity to interpret this feature. Semantic interpretation was made according to the spatialand anthropogenic conceptions of ancient Egyptians, who connected the Children of Horus with cardinal points and withthe limbs of a person.

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Published

2016-08-25

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No. 1 (2015)

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