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When the Tomb Owner offers to Parents and Relatives in Theban Private Tombs.

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Last updated: 27 Dec 2024

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Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology

Abstract

The New Kingdom's private tombs in Thebes contain some scenes that represent the tomb owner presenting offerings to parents, brothers, grandparents, viziers and others. This research study this topic through some scenes to resolve its ambiguity, as it is known that the tomb owner, as deceased on his tomb, is supposed to be the receiver of offerings from others and not the opposite. This study collects and categorizes all these scenes with brief description in its "Table of scenes". The study deals, in more detail, with six scenes in an attempt to present an interpretation that can be applied to the rest of the scenes. The study interprets the representations and associated texts of the six scenes and sometimes uses the "Table of scenes" for enumeration and when needed. The study also examines the condition and the appearance of the tomb owner on the scenes, does he represent himself alive or dead? The study deals with the meaning of the sentence "who revives his / your name" or the so called vivification formula on the offering texts. For more clarification, the study deals with the responsibility of living to revive the dead's names, the effect of that on the dead, and the award of the person responsible for reviving the dead's name. The study referred to the subjects of offering scenes as piety towards parents, ancestor's cult and using these scenes as a way of thanksgiving for the favor.

DOI

10.21608/mjthr.2021.55950.1004

Keywords

offering, Tomb owner, eldest son, parents, Relatives

Authors

First Name

Abdel-Azem

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

Kamel

Affiliation

Tourist guidance – Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University, Egypt.

Email

abdelazimk5@gmail.com

City

Luxor

Orcid

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First Name

Haitham

Last Name

Abdel-Hafeth

MiddleName

Taher

Affiliation

EGOTH Institute for Tourism and Hotels- Luxor - Egypt

Email

haisamtaher@yahoo.com

City

Luxor

Orcid

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Volume

11

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

25037

Issue Date

2021-06-01

Receive Date

2020-12-31

Publish Date

2021-06-01

Page Start

10

Page End

31

Print ISSN

2357-0652

Online ISSN

2735-4741

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https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/article_172027.html

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https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=172027

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Original Article

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1,533

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Journal

Publication Title

Minia Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research MJTHR

Publication Link

https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/

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When the Tomb Owner offers to Parents and Relatives in Theban Private Tombs.

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Created At

23 Jan 2023