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GOD NEPRI IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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One of seasonal deities in ancient Egypt was god Nepri, god of grains and germination. This
paper aims at highlighting this deity which there was no monograph about him as yet. This will
be through some religious texts and representations which are related to this deity. God Nepri
played an important role in Egyptian religion, this fact is confirmed by coffin texts, book of the
dead and the Imy-dwAt. Npri's role in the, book of the dead in terms of providing the dead with
food and it is a limited role comparing to his roles in the coffin texts which were linked to
resurrection and life that he grants for the dead.

DOI

10.21608/ejars.2013.7280

Keywords

God Nepri, Religious texts, Coffin Texts, Book of the Dead, imy-wAdt

Authors

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Abu-El-Nadar

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W.

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Lecturer, Guidance dept., High Institute of Tourism and Hotels-Abu-Keer, Alexandria, Egypt.

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3

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2

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1377

Issue Date

2013-12-01

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2018-05-15

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2013-12-01

Page Start

107

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114

Print ISSN

2090-4932

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2090-4940

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576

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Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies

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https://ejars.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023