The Mummy de E. A. Wallis Budge

The Mummy

E. A. Wallis Budge

E. A. Wallis Budge, despite having to leave school at the age of twelve to work, never stopped learning. He studied languages such as Hebrew and Assyrian, and volunteered at the British Museum. There he was introduced to leaders in Egyptian study, including Samuel Birch and George Smith. His studiousness was noticed, and several people worked to help Budge apply to Cambridge University, despite coming from very meager means. He attended in 1878-1883, and began working for the British Museum upon his graduation. He quickly became a key asset for his work in securing several prize acquisitions for the museum, including Aristotle's Constitution of Athens and the Tell al-Amana tablets. Budge was the author of several studies with an emphasis on ancient Egyptian religion and language. The Mummy offers a detailed examination of ancient Egyptian funeral rites. This new edition is dedicated to Dr. Mohammed M. Aman, Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

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Preface; 1. The land of Egypt and its divisions; 2. The nomes of Egypt; 3. The Nile and the annual inundation; 4. The ancient Egyptians, the Libyans, Hamites, etc.; 5. Egyptian chronology; 6. Outline of the history of Egypt; 7. List of the Nesubati and Son-of-Ra names of the principal kings of Egypt; 8. The decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphs; 9. The Egyptian language; Egyptian writing; 10. Egyptian writing materials; 11. Writing implements; 12. A list of the commonest hieroglyphs; 13. A list of the commonest determinatives; 14. The mummy, methods of mummifying, etc.; 15. Mummy labels; 16. Mummy cloth, byssus and Akhmim swathings; 17. Spindles, whorls and heckling combs; 18. The mummy-grid and mummy-board; 19. The cartonnage mummy-case; 20. Beadwork on mummies; 21. Painted and inscribed linen shrouds; 22. Models of personal attendants and slaves in the tomb; 23. Mummy labels or tickets; 24. The Book of the Dead; 25. Anointing tablets and the seven holy oils; 26. The vases of the four sons of Horus, or 'Canopic' jars; 27. Chests for 'Canopic' jars; 28. The head-rest, or pillow; 29. Pectorals in porcelain and steatite; 30. Shauabtiu, or Ushabtiu figures; 31. Ushabtiu in small sarcophagi and coffins; 32. Objects for the toilet; 33. Beads and necklaces, rings, bracelets, armlets, etc.; 34. The cylindrical seal, or seal-cylinder; 35. The scarab and the scarabaeus sacer; 36. The scarab of the heart; 37. Historical or memorial scarabs of Amenhetep III; 38. Amulets; 39. Gnostic amulets; 40. An Egyptian funeral in the dynastic period; 41. The ceremony of the four blazing flames; 42. Figures of Egyptian gods; 43. Graecized figures of Egyptian gods; 44. Wooden figures of Asar and Ptah-Seker-Asar; 45. Figures of animals, birds and reptiles, sacred to the gods; 46. Vessels in earthenware, stone, glass, etc.; 47. Funerary terra-cotta cones; 48. The Egyptian grave and tomb; 49. The Egyptian sarcophagus; 50. The Egyptian coffin; 51. The Hetep, or tablet for sepulchral offerings; 52. Censer, lustration vase, libation bucket; 53. Sepulchral stelae and tablets; 54. Foundation deposits; 55. Obelisks; 56. The tomb statue or Ka figure; 57. Models of objects used at the opening of the mouth; 58. Models of boats; 59. The spirit house; 60. Wands and other objects in ivory; 61. The cippus of Horus; 62. Draughts and draught-boards; 63. Toys; 64. Hypocephali; 65. Time; 66. The year; 67. Numbers; Index.