Ancient Egyptian temple ritual: performance, pattern, and practice
Large state temples in ancient Egypt were vast agricultural estates, with interests in mining, trading, and other economic activities. The temple itself served as the mansion or palace of the deity to whom the estate belonged, and much of the ritual in temples was devoted to offering a representative sample of goods to the gods. After ritual performances, produce was paid as wages to priests and temple staff and presented as offerings to private mortuary establishments. This redistribution beca…
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- Full title :Ancient Egyptian temple ritual : performance, pattern, and practice / by Katherine Eaton.
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Large state temples in ancient Egypt were vast agricultural estates, with interests in mining, trading, and other economic activities. The temple itself served as the mansion or palace of the deity to whom the estate belonged, and much of the ritual in temples was devoted to offering a representative sample of goods to the gods. After ritual performances, produce was paid as wages to priests and temple staff and presented as offerings to private mortuary establishments. This redistribution became a daily ritual in which many basic necessities of life for elite Egyptians were produced. This book evaluates the influence of common temple rituals not only on the day to day lives of ancient Egyptians, but also on their special events, economics, and politics. Author Katherine Eaton argues that a study of these daily rites ought to be the first step in analyzing the structure of more complex societal processes. Large state temples in ancient Egypt were vast agricultural estates, with interests in mining, trading, and other economic activities. The temple itself served as the mansion or palace of the deity to whom the estate belonged, and much of the ritual in temples was devoted to offering a representative sample of goods to the gods. After ritual performances, produce was paid as wages to priests and temple staff and presented as offerings to private mortuary establishments. This redistribution became a daily ritual in which many basic necessities of life for elite Egyptians were produced. This book evaluates the influence of common temple rituals not only on the day to day lives of ancient Egyptians, but also on their special events, economics, and politics. Author Katherine Eaton argues that a study of these daily rites ought to be the first step in analyzing the structure of more complex societal processes.
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- Publication Date:2013.
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- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:New York, NY
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xii, 225 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781135054892, 1135054894, 1306114969, 9781306114967, 9780203493243, 0203493249, 9781135054908, 1135054908, 9781135054885, 1135054886, 9781138243095, 1138243094
- oclc:ocn863157923
- LC Classification:BL2441.2
- Dewey Decimal:299.3138
Table of Contents
Part I. Foundation -- Introduction: temples in ancient Egyptian society, economy and cosmos -- Complexity in ritual -- Part II. Performance -- The household model -- Festivals in the framework of the daily ritual -- Part III. Practice -- The Horus cycle -- Daily rituals in festival frameworks -- Part IV. Patterns -- Gesture, posture, and movement -- The most common offering scenes.
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