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Description: | Green faience amulet or inlay in the form of a lotus flower. 'TA567/761' written on reverse. From Amarna. The lotus or water lily rises and opens up each day as the sun comes up. It was thus associated with rebirth. Some have suggested that its narcotic properties were also used by the Egyptians. Spell 81 in the 'Book of the Dead' is for transforming oneself into a lotus: 'Spell for assuming the form of a lotus. To be said by N. I am this pure lotus that has ascended by the Sunlight and is at Re's nose. I spend my (time) shedding (i.e.the sunlight) on Horus. I am the pure lotus that ascended from the field.' (Translation from Allen 1974). A lotus flower inlay is listed on the Amarna database web site as from the 1926 excavations of T36.10. EC574 is the right size to be this inlay. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 1550 B.C.-1069 B.C.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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