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Frangoise Perpillou-Thomas has systematically collected papyrological references to festivals and rituals in Graeco-Roman Egypt. Among the rituals associated with the processing of the corpse from death to burial are the peristolē and kēdeia, often translated as burial and funeral.1 Based solely on Greek papyri, Dominic Montserrat reconstructed prosperous funerals in the Fayum - during the Roman period. Surprisingly, he paid little attention to Egyptian material and classical literature on burial and funeral practices in Egypt. Moreover, the relationship of the house with the different steps of the journey of the corpse from the house to the tomb (ekphora, peristolē, kēdeia, and apostolē) has not been highlighted. Integrating papyrological, literary, and archaeological evidence, this article aims to reconstruct the rituals of the passage of the corpse from the moment of death to the interment in the necropolis, highlighting the role of the house in each stage.
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