An Undertakers’ Archive from the Kynopolite Nome (P. Kynopolites)

By (author) G. Baetens By (author) W. Clarysse

Book cover: An Undertakers’ Archive from the Kynopolite Nome (P. Kynopolites)

Extent: 130 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Egypt

Series: Collectanea Hellenistica

Series volume number: 10

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(April 2024)

ISBN: 9789042952188

Price: $69.00

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eBook (Published)

(April 2024)

ISBN: 9789042952195

Price: $69.00

This book provides a comprehensive edition of five well-preserved Greek papyri from an archive of undertakers (nekrotaphoi) from the late Ptolemaic Kynopolite nome, four of which unpublished. The texts contain a wealth of information on mummification practices and funerary taxation in this era, in particular concerning the use of the embalming products kedria (Egyptian sfy) and pharmakon (Egyptian phr.t), the traditional seventy-day funerary period, and a mummification procedure in which bodies are temporarily buried in the sand. All this and more is discussed in an extensive commentary combining Greek and Egyptian evidence.

  • By (author) G. Baetens
  • By (author) W. Clarysse