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Brides of the Dead in Ancient Egypt

المصدر: مجلة المنيا لبحوث السياحة والضيافة
الناشر: جامعة المنيا - كلية السياحة والفنادق
المؤلف الرئيسي: Kamal, Samer Mostafa (Author)
المجلد/العدد: مج1, ع1
محكمة: نعم
الدولة: مصر
التاريخ الميلادي: 2016
الشهر: يونيه
الصفحات: 1 - 18
ISSN: 2357-0652
رقم MD: 934125
نوع المحتوى: بحوث ومقالات
اللغة: الإنجليزية
قواعد المعلومات: HumanIndex
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كلمات المؤلف المفتاحية:
Brides of the Dead | Concubine Figurines | Fertility Figures | Tattoos | Female Figurines
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المستخلص: Brides of the Dead are small statues of naked women with incomplete legs and were commonly buried with male, female and children burials. They were believed to be symbols of regeneration and fertility. They have been found in the burials among funerary equipment's as early as the predynastic period. Early Egyptologists mistakenly identified them as concubines intended to provide the spirits of men with an eternity of sexual pleasure. Recent studies show that both men and women used these figures to ensure fertility as they guaranteed the deceased's sexual power in the afterlife. These female figurines were traditionally tattooed with dots, dashes and lozenges. The earliest intimations of these tattoos patterns came from clay figurines dating to roughly 4000 BCE. The most likely accepted view of the dotted tattoos found on the abdomen, thighs and pelvic region of the figurines. This paper aims to be a descriptive and an analytical study of the origin, patterns, materials, terminology, accessories and tattoos of the so-called 'brides of The Dead' in ancient Egypt, and searching for their functions and ritualistic role in the Egyptian burials.

ISSN: 2357-0652

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